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

(Каскасньюончорр)

Nepheline and perthite-rich fenite megaxenolith hosted by nepheline syenite (foyaite), East of Mount Kukisvumchorr.



References:
- The Canadian Mineralogist 38, 1377-1385 (2000)
- Mikhailova, Y.A., Konopleva, N.G., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Y., Men’shikov, Y.P., and Pakhomovsky, Y.A. (2007): Corundum-Group Minerals in Rocks of the Khibiny Alkaline Pluton, Kola Peninsula. Geology of Ore Deposits 49(7), 590-598.
- 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.





Mineral List:
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
Akaganeite
Alabandite
Albite
Apatite-(CaF)
Baddeleyite
Britholite-(Ce)
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Corundum
Crichtonite
Diopside
Edgarite (TL)
Fluorite
Freudenbergite
Galena
Hercynite
Ilmenite
Karelianite
Loveringite
Marcasite
Molybdenite
Monazite-(Ce)
Murmanite
Natrolite
Neighborite
Nepheline
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Rengeite
Rhodochrosite
Rutile
Srilankite
Titanite
Topaz
Tungstenite
Vuorelainenite
Wurtzite
Zircon
Zirconolite


42 entries listed. 42 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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