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Albite from
Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Selsurtite3
Aegirine3
Nepheline3
Lorenzenite3
Opal1
Narsarsukite1
Catapleiite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Selsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:317
Long-form Identifier:1:3:317:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘMt. Kuetnyuchorr, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘKarnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘYubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.8km (5.4 miles) ⓘVavnbed Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
13.2km (8.2 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
16.6km (10.3 miles) ⓘUmbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
17.1km (10.6 miles) ⓘEngporr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘTavaiok River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
27.6km (17.2 miles) ⓘRestin'yun Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
29.7km (18.5 miles) ⓘCarbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
[World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
Chakhmouradian, A. R., Hughes, J. M., Rakovan, J. (2005) FLUORCAPHITE, A SECOND OCCURRENCE AND DETAILED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS: SIMULTANEOUS ACCOMMODATION OF Ca, Sr, Na, AND LREE IN THE APATITE ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT. The Canadian Mineralogist, 43 (2) 735-746 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.43.2.735
Ivanyuk, G. Yu., Korchak, Yu. A., Pakhomovsky, Ya. A., Men’shikov, Yu. P., Yakovenchuk, V. N. (2012) Ulvöspinel from xenoliths of contact-altered volcanic and volcanosedimentary rocks in nepheline syenites of the Khibiny and Lovozero plutons. Geology of Ore Deposits, 54 (7) 575-579 doi:10.1134/s107570151108006x
 
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