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Sphalerite from
Chervurta Mt, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chervurta Mt, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:537262
Long-form Identifier:1:3:537262:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
23.5km (14.6 miles) ⓘShuururta mine, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
37.0km (23.0 miles) ⓘVein No. 1, Serpovidnyi Ridge, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
41.3km (25.7 miles) ⓘPloskaya Mountain, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
53.5km (33.2 miles) ⓘKolmozerskoe deposit, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
92.7km (57.6 miles) ⓘKievey deposit, Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex), Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Voytekhovskiy, Yu.L. [Войтеховский, Ю.Л.] (2008) New find of cadmium sulfide from the kyanite schists of the Kola Peninsula [Новая находка сульфида кадмия из кианитовых сланцев Кольского полуострова]. Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society) [Записки РМО], 137, 2, 63-66 (in Russian).
 
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