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Phlogopite from
Pit No. 97, Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Fergusonite-(Ce)4
Vermiculite4
Aeschynite-(Ce)2
Calcite2
Fluoro-richterite1
Polyakovite-(Ce)1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pit No. 97, Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:47545
Long-form Identifier:1:3:47545:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
20.7km (12.9 miles) ⓘPit No. 298, Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
45.9km (28.5 miles) ⓘNurali Complex (Nurali Massif), Uchalinsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘDumortierite mine, Karabash, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
75.6km (47.0 miles) ⓘKuchinskiy quarry, Plast, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
83.8km (52.1 miles) ⓘSvetlinsky pegmatite quarry, Svetlyi, Plastovsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
References
Popov, V. A., Pautov, L. A., Sokolova, E., Hawthorne, F. C., McCammon, C., Bazhenova, L. F. (2001) Polyakovite-(Ce), (REE,Ca)4(Mg,Fe2+)(Cr3+,Fe3+)2(Ti,Nb)2Si4O22, a new metamict mineral species from the Ilmen Mountains, southern Urals, Russia: mineral description and crystal chemistry. The Canadian Mineralogist, 39 (4). 1095-1104 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.39.4.1095
Jambor, J.L., Roberts, A.C. (2002) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 87: 765-768.
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2002) Abstracts of New Mineral Descriptions. The Mineralogical Record, 33 (2) 161-172
 
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