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Carbonatite from
Petyayan-vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Occurrence
Classification
Type:Carbonatite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Carbonatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Petyayan-vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1265411
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1265411:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Carbonatite
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘTukhta-Vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
84.0km (52.2 miles) ⓘKovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
84.6km (52.6 miles) ⓘKovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
85.1km (52.9 miles) ⓘTiksheozero massif (Tkishozerskii massif; Tiksheozersky), Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
85.4km (53.0 miles) ⓘHonkilehto, Kuusamo, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
91.7km (57.0 miles) ⓘKandaguba complex, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
99.5km (61.8 miles) ⓘKandalaksha dykes, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Kozlov, E. N., Fomina, E. N., Mytsa, D. D., & Kirkin, V. V. (2017). Rare-earth carbonatites of the Vuori-Yarvi (Kola Region): First results of the study. In Magmatism of the Earth and related strategic metal deposits (pp. 117-120).
Kozlov, Evgeniy N., Fomina, Ekaterina N., Li, Qiuli, Li, Jiao (2024) U-Pb dating of bastnäsite from the Vuoriyarvi massif: An example application for assessing the REE potential of carbonatite-related deposits. Geoscience Frontiers, 15 (5) 101875 doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2024.101875
 
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