Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kuftn'yun Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 370
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 2701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuftn'yun Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pegmatite No. 19

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Analcime	Diaspore	Elpidite	Feldspar	Labuntsovite	Leifite	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epididymite ()*
Goethite ()*	Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Leifite ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Manganoneptunite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Neptunite ()*	Sphaerobertrandite ()*	Vinogradovite ()*

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 Be F Fe H K Li Mn Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be F Fe H K Li Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Diaspore Elpidite Feldspar Labuntsovite Leifite Natrolite Neptunite None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	370	359	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	370	359	1	102944	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	370	359	1	102944	1627
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	370	359	1	102944	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	370	359	1	102944	70
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	370	359	0		7437
Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	Na₄K₄Mn²⁺₂Ti₈O₄(Si₄O₁₂)₄(OH)₄·10-12H₂O	370	359	1	102944	18
Leifite ()*	Leifite	Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂	370	359	0		10
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	370	359	0		82
Manganoneptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiMn²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	363	361	1	102944	26
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	370	359	1	102944	1236
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	363	361	0		49
Sphaerobertrandite ()*	None	Be₃(SiO₄)(OH)₂	370	359	0		11
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	370	359	0		28

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	P22_462_fig1_008	370	359								Yes				2697	Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Lovozero	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
	Grew_Li_2019_0053	363	361	362±1		termination of igneous activity in Khibiny and Lovozero plutons					Yes		Lintisite	Li	2692	Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Alluaiv and Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	Arzamastsev et al. (2007)	10.1134/S1028334X07030257	DES413A_432

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