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Albite from
Minh Tien Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Albite
Formula:Na(AlSi3O8)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tourmaline1
Muscovite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Albite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Minh Tien Mine, Lục Yên District, Yên Bái Province, Vietnam
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:998659
Long-form Identifier:1:3:998659:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Albite
68.7km (42.7 miles) ⓘHat Han Au deposit, Chợ Đồn District, Bac Kan Province, Vietnam
96.7km (60.1 miles) ⓘNui Phao mine, Đại Từ District, Thái Nguyên Province, Vietnam
99.4km (61.7 miles) ⓘManjiazhai ore segment, Dulong Sn-Zn deposit, Dulong ore field, Maguan County, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
99.4km (61.8 miles) ⓘSaxi Scheelite and Emerald Mine, Dayakou Hill, Mengdong Township, Malipo County, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
99.6km (61.9 miles) ⓘDulong Sn-Zn deposit, Dulong ore field, Maguan County, Wenshan, Yunnan, China
References
Russo, P. & Escaut, F. (2006): Luc Yen: Neue Edelstein-Turmaline aus einem Pegmatit in Nordvietnam. Lapis 31 (6): 49-51
Wilson, Wendell E. (2007) Tourmaline from the Minh Tien pegmatite, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. The Mineralogical Record, 38 (6) 453-457
Kubernátová, M. and Cempírek, J. (2019): Crystal chemistry of Pb-rich tourmaline from pegmatite in Minh Tien, Vietnam. 9th European Conference on Mineralogy and Spectroscopy, ECMS2019, Prague, Czech Republic, September 11-13, Book of Abstracts, https://www.ecms2019.eu/sites/default/files/Abstract%20book%20ECMS2019%20web.pdf.
 
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