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Magnesio-arfvedsonite from
Bolshoi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Formula:NaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si8O22)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Epistolite2
Ussingite2
Ferronordite-(Ce)2
Ferronordite-(La)2
Rhabdophane-(La)2
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnesio-arfvedsonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bolshoi Punkaruaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:845920
Long-form Identifier:1:3:845920:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Magnesio-arfvedsonite
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘLepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘParguaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
18.2km (11.3 miles) ⓘSelsurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
18.6km (11.5 miles) ⓘMt. Kuetnyuchorr, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘSengischorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
19.8km (12.3 miles) ⓘYubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
22.7km (14.1 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
26.1km (16.2 miles) ⓘUmbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘEveslogchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
54.0km (33.5 miles) ⓘMaterial'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Pekov, I. V., Chukanov, N. V., Turchkova, A. G., Grishin, V. G. (2001) Ferronordite-(La), Na3Sr(La,Ce)FeSi6O17, a new mineral of the nordite group from Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula. Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 130 (2) 53-58
 
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