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Bredigite from
Birkhin gabbro massif (Ozernovskii), Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Bredigite
Formula:Ca7Mg(SiO4)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bredigite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Birkhin gabbro massif (Ozernovskii), Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:740331
Long-form Identifier:1:3:740331:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Armbruster, T., Lazic, B., Gfeller, F., Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Savelyeva, V. B., Zadov, A. E., Pertsev, N. N., DzierÅžanowski, P. (2011) Chlorine content and crystal chemistry of dellaite from the Birkhin gabbro massif, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (2) 379-394 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.2.379
Lazic, B., Armbruster, T., Savelyeva, V. B., Zadov, A. E., Pertsev, N. N., DzierÅžanowski, P. (2011) Galuskinite, Ca7(SiO4)3(CO3), a new skarn mineral from the Birkhin gabbro massif, Eastern Siberia, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine, 75 (5) 2631-2648 doi:10.1180/minmag.2011.075.5.2631
 
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