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Plagioclase from
Horizon 330 deposit (Sopcha Lake chromite deposit), Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Horizon 330 deposit (Sopcha Lake chromite deposit), Sopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1643625
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1643625:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
0.0km (0.0 miles) ⓘSopcheozerskoe deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘNyud-2 deposit, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘNud II mine, Monche tundra intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘLoypishnyun deposit, Monche tundra intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.7km (2.3 miles) ⓘSopcha Mt, Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit, Sopcha Massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.1km (3.1 miles) ⓘVuruchuaivench prospect, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.9km (4.3 miles) ⓘSouth Sopcha intrusions, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘJarva-Varaka layered massif, Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
50.9km (31.6 miles) ⓘMount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit, Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
58.3km (36.2 miles) ⓘElgoras Mountain, Sal nye Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Chashchin, Viсtor V., Savchenko, Yevgeny E. (2021) Cumulus and post-cumulus evolution of chrome-spinel compositions in the “Ore Horizon 330” rocks from the Sopcha massif of the Paleoproterozoic layered Monchegorsk Pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 115 (5) 557-575 doi:10.1007/s00710-021-00756-w
 
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