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Chromceladonite from
Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia


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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Chromceladonite

Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromceladonite
Formula:K(MgCr◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
SiO248.30 %
TiO20.29 %
Al2O36.77 %
V2O30.77 %
Cr2O317.30 %
Fe2O3*3.63 %
MnO0.07 %
CoO0.01 %
NiO0.01 %
ZnO0.07 %
MgO5.78 %
CaO0.02 %
SrO0.02 %
Na2O0.05 %
K2O9.88 %
F0.33 %
Cl0.01 %
H2O (by stoichiometry)3.82 %
-O=(F+Cl)-0.14 %
Total:96.99 %
Empirical formulas:
1(K0.93Na0.01â—ŧ0.06)(Cr1.01Mg0.64FeT0.20Al0.17V3+0.05Ti0.02â—ŧ0.91)[Si3.58Al0.42O10]([OH]1.89F0.08O0.03)
Sample references:
1FKM-257
Frank K. Mazdab collection; sample FKM-257; https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-251-to-fkm-275/#FKM-257
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Zincochromite1
Clausthalite1
Roscoelite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromceladonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Srednyaya Padma mine, Zaonezhie peninsula, Medvezhyegorsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:650304
Long-form Identifier:1:3:650304:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Mandarino, Joseph A. (2002) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 40 (3) 1001-1020 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.40.3.1001
Chernikov, A. A., Dubinchuk, V. T., Ozhogin, D. O., & Chistyakova, N. I. (2007) Features of Occurrence and Distribution of Noble Metals in the Ores and Oxidized Zone of the Onega Uranium Vanadium Deposits, South Karelia. New Data on Minerals, 43.
Kasatkin, A. V. (2019) New Findings of Rare Minerals from The Former Soviet Union Countries. Mineralogical Almanac 24 (2), 4-47.
Strelnikov, Mikhail V.; Britvin, Sergey N.; Yapaskurt, Vasiliy O.; Gekimyants, Victor M.; Yanson, Svetlana Yu.; Agakhanov, Atali A.; Plechov, Pavel Yu.; Pekov, Igor V. (2026) Sulfopadmaite, PdBiS, a new mineral from the Srednyaya Padma deposit, Karelia, Russia and the novel isomorphous series padmaite–sulfopadmaite. Mineralogical Magazine, p.1-24. doi:10.1180/mgm.2026.10226
 
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