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Natrolite from
Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Pegmatite
Classification
Species:Natrolite
Formula:Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Manganoneptunite10
Raite8
Zorite7
Steenstrupine-(Ce)6
Yofortierite4
Vitusite-(Ce)4
Sazhinite-(Ce)4
Mountainite4
Abellaite3
Seidite-(Ce)3
Galena3
Magnesio-arfvedsonite2
Leucosphenite2
Belovite-(Ce)2
Serandite2
Ilmajokite-(Ce)1
Löllingite1
Nordite-(Ce)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Natrolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:20154
Long-form Identifier:1:3:20154:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Natrolite
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘKarnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘKarnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
3.6km (2.3 miles) ⓘPegmatite No. 60, Second Eastern Stream, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
4.1km (2.6 miles) ⓘHackmanite Stock (Pegmatite #62), Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.3km (3.3 miles) ⓘKedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘSelsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.0km (5.0 miles) ⓘUmbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘSengischorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
10.1km (6.3 miles) ⓘLepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Pluth, J. J., Smith, J. V., Pushcharovsky, D. Y., Semenov, E. I., Bram, A., Riekel, C., Weber, H.-P., Broach, R. W. (1997) Third-generation synchrotron x-ray diffraction of 6- m crystal of raite,  Na3Mn3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2*10H2O, opens up new chemistry and physics of low-temperature minerals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94 (23) 12263-12267 doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12263
Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2000) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 31 (2) 201-207
Pekov, I. G. (2000) Lovozero Massif - History, Pegmatites, Minerals. Ocean Pictures Ltd. 480pp.
Zubkova, Natalia V., Pekov, Igor V., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu., Chukanov, Nikita V. (2009) The crystal structure and refined formula of mountainite, KNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)] · 6 H2O. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 224 (8). 389-396 doi:10.1524/zkri.2009.1159
 
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