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Apatite from
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:874
Long-form Identifier:1:3:874:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
3.3km (2.1 miles) ⓘKovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘTepsi ultrabasic body, Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
55.4km (34.4 miles) ⓘSokli carbonatite complex, Tulppio, Savukoski, Lapland, Finland
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘNiva alkaline intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
84.6km (52.6 miles) ⓘPetyayan-vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
86.0km (53.4 miles) ⓘTukhta-Vara carbonatite, Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
86.7km (53.9 miles) ⓘSallanlatvi Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘKandaguba complex, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
96.7km (60.1 miles) ⓘKandalaksha dykes, Kandalakshsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
[World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
Britvin, S. N., Chukanov, N. V., Bekenova, G. K., Yagovkina, M. A., Antonov, A. V., Bogdanova, A. N., Krasnova, N. I. (2008) Karchevskyite, [Mg18Al9(OH)54][Sr2(CO3,PO4)9(H2O,H3O)11], a new mineral species of the layered double hydroxide family. Geology of Ore Deposits, 50 (7). 556-564 doi:10.1134/s1075701508070064
Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrey O., Sokharev, Victor A., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataly G., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Bazai, Ayya V., Goryainov, Pavel M., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu. (2015) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscorite–carbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z
Ivanyuk, Gregory, Kalashnikov, Andrey, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Bazai, Ayya, Goryainov, Pavel, Mikhailova, Julia, Yakovenchuk, Victor, Konopleva, Nataly (2017) Subsolidus Evolution of the Magnetite-Spinel-UlvöSpinel Solid Solutions in the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia. Minerals, 7 (11) 215 doi:10.3390/min7110215
Gregory Ivanyuk, Andrei Kalashnikov, Julia Mikhailova, Yakov Pakhomovsky, Nataly Konoplyova, Victor Yakovenchuk, Ayya Bazai (2018) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscorite-carbonatite pipe. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p101
 
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