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Pyrrhotite from
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mountain
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:970076
Long-form Identifier:1:3:970076:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Pyrrhotite in this Region
Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.0km (1.3 miles) ⓘYubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.3km (4.5 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.9km (5.5 miles) ⓘMt. Kuetnyuchorr, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
10.0km (6.2 miles) ⓘSengischorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.2km (7.0 miles) ⓘParguaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
12.1km (7.5 miles) ⓘKuamdespakhk Mt, Suoluai River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
23.7km (14.7 miles) ⓘCarbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
27.4km (17.0 miles) ⓘOlenii Ruchei (Olenii Creek; Oleny Ruchei), Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
35.5km (22.1 miles) ⓘKoashva Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
38.3km (23.8 miles) ⓘEveslogchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Pakhomovsky, Ya. A.; Ivanyuk, G. Yu.; Yakovenchuk, V. N. (2014) Loparite-(Ce) in rocks of the Lovozero layered complex at Mt. Karnasurt and Mt. Kedykvyrpakhk. Geology of Ore Deposits, 56 (8). 685-698 doi:10.1134/s1075701514080054
 
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