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Thorite from
Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Classification
Species:Thorite
Formula:Th(SiO4)
Comments:Fe-bearing
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Thorite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:918017
Long-form Identifier:1:3:918017:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Thorite
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘPloskaya Mountain, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘEl'ozero REE occurrence, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
18.9km (11.7 miles) ⓘYel’skie Lakes deposits, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
22.3km (13.9 miles) ⓘRovgora Mountain (Rov-gora), West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
44.0km (27.3 miles) ⓘWhite Tundra pegmatite, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
80.0km (49.7 miles) ⓘKuamdespakhk Mt, Suoluai River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
83.5km (51.9 miles) ⓘKuivchorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
86.6km (53.8 miles) ⓘMt. Kuetnyuchorr, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
87.7km (54.5 miles) ⓘLepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
96.5km (60.0 miles) ⓘTavaiok River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Husdal, Tomas A., Zadov, Aleksandr E., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2011) Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188 (2) 191-197 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2011/0200
 
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