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Zirconolite from
Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Zirconolite
Formula:CaZrTi2O7
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zirconolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:87562
Long-form Identifier:1:3:87562:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Zirconolite in this Region
Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Nearest other occurrences of Zirconolite
3.3km (2.1 miles) ā“˜Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
58.7km (36.5 miles) ā“˜Sokli carbonatite complex, Tulppio, Savukoski, Lapland, Finland
96.9km (60.2 miles) ā“˜Afrikanda complex, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
References
Terry Williams, C. (1996) The occurrence of niobian zirconolite, pyrochlore and baddeleyite in the Kovdor carbonatite complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine, 60 (401) 639-646 doi:10.1180/minmag.1996.060.401.09
Liferovich, R.P.; Subbotin, V.V.; Pakhomovsky, Y.A.; Lyalina, M.F. (1998) A new type of scandium mineralization in phoscorites and carbonatites of the Kovdor massif, Russia. The Canadian Mineralogist, 36 (4). 971-980
Zaitsev, A. N., Williams, C. T., Jeffries, T. E., Strekopytov, S., Moutte, J., Ivashchenkova, O. V., ... & Borozdin, A. P. (2014). Rare earth elements in phoscorites and carbonatites of the Devonian Kola Alkaline Province, Russia: examples from Kovdor, Khibina, Vuoriyarvi and Turiy Mys complexes. Ore Geology Reviews, 61, 204-225.
Mikhailova, Julia A., Kalashnikov, Andrey O., Sokharev, Victor A., Pakhomovsky, Yakov A., Konopleva, Nataly G., Yakovenchuk, Victor N., Bazai, Ayya V., Goryainov, Pavel M., Ivanyuk, Gregory Yu. (2015) 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscoriteā€“carbonatite complex (Russia) Mineralium Deposita, 51 (1) 131-149 doi:10.1007/s00126-015-0594-z
Ivanyuk, Gregory, Kalashnikov, Andrey, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Bazai, Ayya, Goryainov, Pavel, Mikhailova, Julia, Yakovenchuk, Victor, Konopleva, Nataly (2017) Subsolidus Evolution of the Magnetite-Spinel-UlvƶSpinel Solid Solutions in the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia. Minerals, 7 (11) 215 doi:10.3390/min7110215
Ivanyuk, Gregory, Konopleva, Nataly, Yakovenchuk, Victor, Pakhomovsky, Yakov, Panikorovskii, Taras, Kalashnikov, Andrey, Bocharov, Vladimir, Bazai, Ayya, Mikhailova, Julia, Goryainov, Pavel (2018) Three-D Mineralogical Mapping of the Kovdor Phoscorite-Carbonatite Complex, NW Russia: III. Pyrochlore Supergroup Minerals. Minerals, 8 (7) 277 doi:10.3390/min8070277
 
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