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Rutile from
Kaskasnyunchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Rutile
Formula:TiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Edgarite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Freudenbergite12
Plagioclase2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Rutile data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kaskasnyunchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:245328
Long-form Identifier:1:3:245328:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Rutile
5.4km (3.4 miles) ⓘPartomchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘPoachvumchorr Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.9km (6.2 miles) ⓘVantomnyutsk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘLesser Vudjavr lake, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
15.1km (9.4 miles) ⓘYum'echorr Mt (Yumjechorr), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
19.2km (11.9 miles) ⓘNamuaiv Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
20.9km (13.0 miles) ⓘRasvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
22.5km (14.0 miles) ⓘKitchepakhk Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
35.8km (22.2 miles) ⓘMount Bol’shaya Varaka chromitite deposit, Imandra layered complex (Imandrovsky layered intrusion), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
38.2km (23.7 miles) ⓘSopcheozerskoe deposit (Sopcheozero), Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Barkov, A. Y., Martin, R. F., Men'shikov, Y. P., Savchenko, Y. E., Thibault, Y., Laajoki, K. V. O. (2000) Edgarite, FeNb3S6, first natural niobium-rich sulfide from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russian Far North: evidence for chalcophile behavior of Nb in a fenite. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 138 (3) 229-236 doi:10.1007/s004100050559
maurice.strahlen.org (2003) http://maurice.strahlen.org/kola/khibiny.htm
Barkov, Andrei Y., Fleet, Michael E., Martin, Robert F., Men'shikov, Yuri P. (2006) Sr-Na-REE titanates of the crichtonite group from a fenitized megaxenolith, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia: first occurrence and implications. European Journal of Mineralogy, 18 (4) 493-502 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2006/0018-0493
Menshikov, Yu. P., Mikhailova, Yu. A., Pakhomovsky, Ya. A., Yakovenchuk, V. N., Ivanyuk, G. Yu. (2015) Minerals of zirconolite group from fenitized xenoliths in nepheline syenites of Khibiny and Lovozero plutons, Kola Peninsula. Geology of Ore Deposits, 57 (7) 591-599 doi:10.1134/s1075701515070089
 
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