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Girvasite from
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


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Girvasite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Girvasite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
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Girvasite

Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Girvasite
Formula:NaCa2Mg3(PO4)3(CO3)(H2O)6
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Girvasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5596
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5596:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
[World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]
Britvin, S.N., Pakhomovskiy, Y.A., Bogdanova, A.N., Sokolova, Y.V. (1990) Girvasite - A new carbonate-phosphate of sodium, calcium and magnesium from carbonates of the Kovdor massif. Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal: 12: 79-83.
Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.
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 phoscorite–carbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z
 
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