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Sodalite from
Tavaiok River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Valley
Classification
Species:Sodalite
Formula:Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sodalite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tavaiok River Valley, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:985117
Long-form Identifier:1:3:985117:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sodalite
2.5km (1.6 miles) ⓘParguaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
2.8km (1.8 miles) ⓘSengischorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
5.1km (3.2 miles) ⓘAngvundaschorr Mt, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘKedykverpakhk Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘAlluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
9.3km (5.8 miles) ⓘUmbozero mine, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘUmbozero North quarry, Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
12.0km (7.5 miles) ⓘYubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘMine dump, Karnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
12.5km (7.7 miles) ⓘKarnasurt mine, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Ramsay, Wilhelm (1899) Das Nephelinsyenitgebiet auf der Halbinsel Kola [The nepheline syenite area on the Kola Peninsula]. Fennia Vol. 15 (2). Geographical Society of Finland p.1-27.pp.24-25
Borgström, L.H. (1901) Mineralogiska Notiser. 4. Hackmanit ett nytt mineral i sodalitgruppen. Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar: 23: 7: 563-566
Borgström, L.H. (1903) Uvarovite and Hackmanite. Journal of the Chemical Society: 84: 2: 304.
Borgström, L.H. (1903) Hackmanit, ein neues Mineral der Sodalithgruppe. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie und Mineralogie: 37: 284-285.
 
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