Calcite from
Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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Glendonite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Glendonite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Glendonite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite

Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Classification
Locality type:	River
Species:	Calcite
Formula:	CaCO₃
Comments:	calcite pseudomorphing ikaite
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite	2
- var Glendonite	2
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Photo Gallery	View Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:	45537
Long-form Identifier:	1:3:45537:0
GUID (UUID V4):	0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite

29.4km (18.3 miles)	ⓘ Turii alkaline massif (Turiy massif), Turii Cape, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
58.7km (36.5 miles)	ⓘ Korabl Cape, Tersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
76.1km (47.3 miles)	ⓘ Krivoe ozero (Kartesh), Chupa pegmatite field, Loukhsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
77.9km (48.4 miles)	ⓘ Medvezhyi island, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
element51.com Geptner, A. R.; Vetoshkina, O. S.; Petrova, V. V. (2014) New data on the composition of stable isotopes in glendonites of the White Sea and their genesis. Lithology and Mineral Resources, 49 (6). p.473-490. doi:10.1134/s0024490214060042 Schultz, Bo; Huggett, Jennifer; Schootbrugge, Bas van de; Ullmann, Clemens V.; Broch, Mathias C. (2023) Transgression Related Holocene Coastal Glendonites from Historic Sites. Minerals, 13 (9). doi:10.3390/min13091159

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Calcite from Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Calcite from
Olenitsa River, White Sea Coast, Murmansk Oblast, Russia