Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Selsurt Mt (Flora Mt), Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 370
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 2693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selsurt Mt (Flora Mt), Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Catapleiite	Coronadite	Elpidite	Eudialyte	Feldspar
Labuntsovite	Lovozerite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Sapphirine	Sepiolite	Sodalite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Belyankinite ()*
Calciohilairite ()*	Calciomurmanite ()*	Catapleiite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Elpidite ()*
Epididymite ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Eudidymite ()*	Ferrisepiolite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorcaphite ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Hilairite ()*	Kuzmenkoite-Mn ()*	Kuzmenkoite-Zn ()*
Kyanoxalite ()*	Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Lovozerite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Microcline ()*	Murmanite ()*	Narsarsukite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Organovaite-Mn ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Sodalite ()*	Vinogradovite ()*	Vuoriyarvite-K ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Catapleiite Coronadite Elpidite Eudialyte Feldspar
Labuntsovite Lovozerite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhabdophane Sapphirine Sepiolite Sodalite Tridymite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	370	359	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	370	359	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	370	359	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	370	359	295
Belyankinite ()*	None	Ca_1-2(Ti,Zr,Nb)₅O₁₂·9H₂O (?)	370	359	6
Calciohilairite ()*	None	CaZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	370	359	7
Calciomurmanite ()*	None	(Na, )₂Ca(Ti,Mg,Nb)₄[Si₂O₇]₂O₂(OH,O)₂(H₂O)₄	370	359	2
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	370	359	113
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	370	359	599
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	370	359	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	370	359	70
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	370	359	182
Eudidymite ()*	None	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	370	359	42
Ferrisepiolite ()*	Sepiolite	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg)₄[(Si,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₅](O,OH)₂·6H₂O	370	359	5
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	370	359	2740
Fluorcaphite ()*	Apatite	SrCaCa₃(PO₄)₃F	370	359	6
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	370	359	60
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	370	359	18
Kuzmenkoite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	K₂MnTi₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH)₄·5-6H₂O	370	359	5
Kuzmenkoite-Zn ()*	Labuntsovite	K₂ZnTi₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH)₄·6-8H₂O	370	359	5
Kyanoxalite ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Oxalate	Na₇(Al_5-6Si_6-7O₂₄)(C₂O₄)_0.5-1.0·5H₂O	370	359	3
Labuntsovite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	Na₄K₄Mn²⁺₂Ti₈O₄(Si₄O₁₂)₄(OH)₄·10-12H₂O	370	359	18
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	370	359	57
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	370	359	82
Lovozerite ()*	Lovozerite	Na₃CaZrSi₆O₁₅(OH)₃	370	359	19
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	370	359	79
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	370	359	4924
Murmanite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂Na₂Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄(H₂O)₄	370	359	24
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	370	359	34
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	370	359	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	370	359	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	370	359	2994
Organovaite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	K₂MnNb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₄·5-7H₂O	370	359	2
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	370	359	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	370	359	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	370	359	66
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	370	359	444
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	370	359	28
Vuoriyarvite-K ()*	Labuntsovite	(K,Na, )₁₂Nb₈(Si₄O₁₂)₄O₈·12-16H₂O	370	359	10

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	P22_462_fig1_008	370	359								Yes				2697	Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Lovozero	Arzamastsev & Wu (2014)	10.1134/S0869591114050026	P22_462
	Grew_Li_2019_0053	363	361	362±1		termination of igneous activity in Khibiny and Lovozero plutons					Yes		Lintisite	Li	2692	Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Alluaiv and Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	Arzamastsev et al. (2007)	10.1134/S1028334X07030257	DES413A_432

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070662	Selsurt Mt (Flora Mt), Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R070662

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