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Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Kostylevite
Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Photo: Pavel M. Kartashov
Latitude: 67°37'N
Longitude: 34°0'E
Коашва

Open pit apatite deposit. Alkaline massif with ultra-agpaitic pegmatites, urtite, as well as foidolites and apatite-nepheline rocks with aegirine-microcline, aegirine-nepheline-microcline and titanite-aegirine-nepheline veins, and olivine melanephelinite dikes.

Mineral List

Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Aenigmatite
Albite
Amicite
Amphibole Supergroup
Andrianovite (TL)
Annite
Anorthoclase
Arctite
Arfvedsonite
Astrophyllite
Augite
Barytolamprophyllite
Belovite-(Ce)
'Bitumen'
Cancrinite
Carbobystrite (TL)
Catapleiite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Chkalovite
Chlorbartonite (TL)
Clinophosinaite (TL)
Crawfordite (TL)
Deloneite (TL)
Diopside
Djerfisherite
Dolomite
Dorfmanite (TL)
Elpasolite
Ershovite (TL)
Eudialyte
Fluorapatite
Fluorcaphite (TL)
Fluorite
Forsterite
Galena
Gwihabaite
Ilmenite
IMA2009-014 (TL)
Ivanyukite-Cu (TL)
Ivanyukite-K (TL)
'Ivanyukite-Na' (TL)
Ivanyukite-Na-C (TL)
Ivanyukite-Na-T (TL)
Kazakovite
'K Feldspar'
Koashvite (TL)
Kostylevite
'Labuntsovite Group'
Labuntsovite-Mn
Labyrinthite (TL)
Lamprophyllite
Lemmleinite-K (TL)
Lisitsynite (TL)
Lomonosovite
Lovozerite
Magnesioastrophyllite
Magnesiochromite
'Magnesium Astrophyllite'
Magnetite
Manganoneptunite
Megakalsilite (TL)
Microcline
Murmanite
Murunskite
Nacaphite
Natisite
Natrite
Natrolite
Natrophosphate
Nefedovite
Nepheline
Pectolite
Petersenite-(Ce)
Phlogopite
Phosinaite-(Ce) (TL)
Polezhaevaite-(Ce) (TL)
Potassic-arfvedsonite
'Potassic-ferro-richterite'
'Potassic-richterite'
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Rasvumite
Rémondite-(La) (TL)
'Rhabdophane'
Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Rinkite
Sazykinaite-(Y) (TL)
Shafranovskite
Shcherbakovite
Sidorenkite
Sitinakite
Sodalite
Sphalerite
Steenstrupine-(Ce)
Thermonatrite
Thorosteenstrupine
Tiettaite (TL)
Tisinalite (TL)
Titanite
Troilite
Umbite
Villiaumite
Vinogradovite
Vitusite-(Ce)
Vuonnemite
Wilhelmramsayite (TL)
Zakharovite
Zirsinalite (TL)


111 entries listed. 103 valid minerals. 27 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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References

- Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Konopleva, N.G., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Mikhailova, Y.A. (2007): Spinel-Group Minerals in Rocks of the Khibiny Alkaline Pluton, Kola Peninsula. Geology of Ore Deposits 49(7), 599-606.
- Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V., Kononkova, N.N., Zubkova, N.V., Rabadanov, M.K., and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2008): Elpasolite from Hyperalkaline Pegmatite of the Khibiny Pluton, Kola Peninsula. Symmetry of Elpasolite. Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 749-754.

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