| Locality type: | Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Forsterite |
| Formula: | Mg2(SiO4) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Magnetite | 5 |
| - var Magnomagnetite | 3 |
| Clinohumite | 2 |
| Calcite | 2 |
| Baddeleyite | 1 |
| Tetraferriphlogopite | 1 |
| Richterite | 1 |
| Phlogopite | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Forsterite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 5369 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:5369:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Forsterite |
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| 3.3km (2.1 miles) | âKovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| 3.6km (2.2 miles) | âKovdor Phlogopite mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| 55.4km (34.4 miles) | âSokli carbonatite complex, Tulppio, Savukoski, Lapland, Finland |
| References |
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Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrey O., Sokharev, Victor A., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataly G., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Bazai, Ayya V., Goryainov, Pavel M., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu. (2015) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscoriteâcarbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z Ivanyuk, Gregory, Kalashnikov, Andrey, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Bazai, Ayya, Goryainov, Pavel, Mikhailova, Julia, Yakovenchuk, Victor, Konopleva, Nataly (2017) Subsolidus Evolution of the Magnetite-Spinel-UlvÃķSpinel Solid Solutions in the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia. Minerals, 7 (11) 215 doi:10.3390/min7110215 |
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Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia