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Nepheline from
Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Adit
Classification
Species:Nepheline
Formula:Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Eudialyte7
Microcline6
Aenigmatite5
Titanite5
Djerfisherite4
Aegirine2
Wadeite2
Villiaumite1
Umbite1
Ilmenite1
Pectolite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Nepheline data
Locality Data:Click here to view Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:129222
Long-form Identifier:1:3:129222:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Nepheline
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘ252 m level, Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘKirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘHackman Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘLoparskaya Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.1km (5.0 miles) ⓘRasvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
10.2km (6.4 miles) ⓘKukisvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
10.7km (6.7 miles) ⓘTakhtarvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘKoashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘPoachvumchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘKitchepakhk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
 
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