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Kovdor Phlogopite mine (Mica Mine; Slyuda Mine; Kovdorslyuda Shaft), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Latitude: 67°35'21"N
Longitude: 30°27'33"E
Флогопитовый карьер (Карьер Слюда)

Phlogopite mine in phlogopite-diopside olivine rock.

Mineral List

Aegirine-augite
Aqualite
Batisite
Brucite
Cafetite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Cymrite
Diopside
Feklichevite (TL)
Fluorapatite
Forsterite
Glagolevite (TL)
Golyshevite (TL)
Harmotome
Hydrotalcite-2H
Katophorite
Lamprophyllite
var: Barium-Lamprophyllite

Lueshite
Magnesio-arfvedsonite
Magnetite
Nabalamprophyllite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Orthoclase
Pectolite
Phlogopite
Phosphoinnelite (TL)
Pyroaurite-2H
Scolecite
Shcherbakovite
'Stevensite'
Tacharanite
Tetraferriphlogopite
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorite
var: Orangite

Vesuvianite


37 entries listed. 34 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

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References

- N. I. Krasnova (2001): The Kovdor phlogopite deposit, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist, 39, 33–44.
- H.-J. Wilke, S. N. Britvin & N. Widemann (1993): Kovdor: Seltene Phosphate von der russischen Kola-Halbinsel. Lapis, 18 (10), 15–24. (in German).
- Moiseev, M.M., and Chukanov, N.V. (2007): Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrothermolites of the Kovdor Phlogopite Deposit. New Data on Minerals 41, 46–55.
- Sorokhtina, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Voloshin, A.V., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Bogdanova, A.N., and Moiseev, M.M. (2008): Cymrite as an Indicator of High Barium Activity in the Formation of Hydrothermal Rocks Related to Carbonatites of the Kola Peninsula. Geology of Ore Deposits 50(7), 620-628.

External Links

http://geo.web.ru/druza/l-Slyuda-K.htm A lot of photos (specimens from different collections) and maps (in Russian)
http://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=930 - Russian Database on Minerals and Localities

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