Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 2711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rovgora Mt

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Apatite	Astrophyllite	Bastnäsite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Tengerite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tveitite-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be C Ca F Fe H K Ln Na Nb O S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Astrophyllite Bastnäsite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
None Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Tengerite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	102808	1022
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	0		141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	102808	8803
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0		161
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	102808	304
Britholite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	(Y,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	0		28
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	0		196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	102808	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	0		163
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	0		60
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	1	102808	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	102808	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	102808	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		375
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	0		24
Tveitite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,Na)₆(Ca,Na,REE)₁₂(Ca,Na)F₄₂	1	102808	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060895	Rovgora Mt, West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Keivy Mountains, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R060895

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