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Olenii Creek (Olenii Ruchei; Oleny Ruchei), Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

(Олений Ручей)

"Carbonatite stoсk" (in reality stockwork) of Khibina located in Eastern part of the massif and marked out its intrusive center. Country rocks of the valley are foidolites that are cut by dykes of alkali feldspar trachyte.



References:
- Yakovenchuk, V. N., Ivanyuk, G., Pakhomovsky, Y. & Men'shikov, Y. (2005): Khibiny. Apatity & London (Laplandia Minerals in association with the Mineral. Soc. of GB & Ireland), 468 pp.
- Konopleva, N.G., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Korchak, Y.A. (2008): Amphiboles of the Khibiny Alkaline Pluton, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits 50(8), 720-731.





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Albite
Altisite (TL)
Analcime
Ancylite-(Ce)
Andradite
Ankerite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Biotite
Bonshtedtite
Burbankite
Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite

Carbocernaite
Cordylite-(Ce)
Dawsonite
Dolomite
var: Manganoan Dolomite

Ferropargasite
Ferrotychite (TL)
Fluorite
Galena
Huanghoite-(Ce)
Ilmenite
'K Feldspar'
Magnesioastrophyllite
Magnesiohastingsite
Magnetite
Molybdenite
Nacaphite
Natrite (TL)
Nefedovite
Nepheline
Pectolite
Perovskite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Rasvumite
Shcherbakovite
Shortite
Siderite
var: Manganoan Siderite

Sodalite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Strontianite
Synchysite-(Ce)
Tinaksite
Villiaumite


48 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

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