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Locality Name:
Lovnoozero Deposit, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 291988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lovnoozero Deposit, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°35'24"N
Longitude: 29°24'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.59,29.41

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Anorthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Mooihoekite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Putoranite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆	20
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Putoranite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu_1.1Fe_1.2S₂	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	35
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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