Fluorbritholite-(Y) from
Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Classification | ||||||||||||
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Species: | Fluorbritholite-(Y) | |||||||||||
Formula: | (Y,Ca)5(SiO4)3F | |||||||||||
Habit: | isolated, irregular grains and, rarely, coarse, hexagonal, short-prismatic to thick-tabular crystals up to 2.5 × 4 cm. pinacoid {0001} and hexagonal prism {10-10} or {11-20}. | |||||||||||
Confirmation | ||||||||||||
Validity: | Valid - Type Locality | |||||||||||
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: | ||||||||||||
Bastnäsite-(Ce) | ⓘ3 photos of Fluorbritholite-(Y) associated with Bastnäsite-(Ce) at this locality. | |||||||||||
Data | ||||||||||||
Mineral Data: | Click here to view Fluorbritholite-(Y) data | |||||||||||
Locality Data: | Click here to view Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||
Photo Gallery | View Gallery (2 photos) | |||||||||||
Data Identifiers | ||||||||||||
Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 634861 | |||||||||||
Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:634861:8 | |||||||||||
GUID (UUID V4): | a0461b98-9cfa-45e2-aab9-1f710ed70ee4 | |||||||||||
Nearest other occurrences of Fluorbritholite-(Y) | ||||||||||||
15.4km (9.5 miles) | ⓘSakharjok Massif (Sakhariok Massif; Sakharjok deposit), Murmansk Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||
References | ||||||||||||
Pekov, Igor V., Zubkova, Natalia V., Chukanov, Nikita V., Husdal, Tomas A., Zadov, Aleksandr E., Pushcharovsky, Dmitry Yu. (2011) Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188 (2) 191-197 doi:10.1127/0077-7757/2011/0200 | ||||||||||||
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Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia