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Locality Name:
Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha), Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 17892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha), Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pegmatite No. 45
Pegmatite No. 47

Latitude: 67°48'0"N
Longitude: 34°48'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.8,34.8
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca Fe H K Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAstrophylliteBaryteCatapleiiteClay
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHarmotomeHeulanditeLabuntsoviteMicaMonaziteNatrolite
NeptuniteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteTitaniteTridymiteTundriteZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Alsakharovite-Zn  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calciohilairite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Eudialyte  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite-Sr  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Krivovichevite  (*)
Kupletskite  (*)Kuzmenkoite-Mn  (*)Kuzmenkoite-Zn  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lemmleinite-Ba  (*)Lemmleinite-K  (*)Lepkhenelmite-Zn  (*)Leucophanite  (*)
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Manganoneptunite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Neptunite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Paratsepinite-Ba  (*)Pectolite  (*)Polylithionite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Sauconite  (*)Sphaerobertrandite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tainiolite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tsepinite-K  (*)Tsepinite-Na  (*)Tsepinite-Sr  (*)Tundrite-(Ce)  (*)Vinogradovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O63703592102954,1029551022
Alsakharovite-Zn  (*)LabuntsoviteNaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7H2O37035911029541
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O37035901627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO237035911029552162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)37035902734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37035909052
Calciohilairite  (*)NoneCaZrSi3O9·3H2O37035907
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O3703590113
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)37035904979
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O370359110295570
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)23703592102954,102955182
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3703592102954,1029552740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF237035911029559617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS370359024243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O3703590290
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O37035911029541689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O3703590246
Heulandite-Sr  (*)Heulandite(Sr,Ca,Na)5(Si27Al9)O72·24H2O37035911029559
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)23703590201
Krivovichevite  (*)NonePb3Al(OH)6(SO4)(OH)37035901
Kupletskite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F370359110295533
Kuzmenkoite-Mn  (*)LabuntsoviteK2MnTi4(Si4O12)2(OH)4·5-6H2O37035911029545
Kuzmenkoite-Zn  (*)LabuntsoviteK2ZnTi4(Si4O12)2(OH)4·6-8H2O37035905
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)23703592102954,10295563
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)370359097
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23703590265
Lemmleinite-Ba  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K4Ba2+xTi8(Si4O12)4(OH,O)8·8H2O37035911029557
Lemmleinite-K  (*)LabuntsoviteNa4K8Ti8(Si4O12)4(OH,O)8·8H2O37035911029558
Lepkhenelmite-Zn  (*)LabuntsoviteBa2Zn(Ti,Nb)4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·7H2O37035911029541
Leucophanite  (*)NoneNaCaBeSi2O6F370359110295555
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O6370359110295557
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)370359110295482
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2370359110295579
Manganoneptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiMn2+2Ti2Si8O24363361110295526
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3703592102954,1029554924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3703591102955945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)370359110295538
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3703592102954,1029551236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3703591102954884
Neptunite  (*)NeptuniteKNa2LiFe2+2Ti2Si8O24363361110295449
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O37035902994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)37035902349
Paratsepinite-Ba  (*)Labuntsovite(Ba,Na,K)2-x(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·4H2O37035902
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3703591102954363
Polylithionite  (*)MicaKLi2AlSi4O10F23633612102954,10295589
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2370359110295561156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O3703591102954177
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O3703592102954,10295566
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O370359110295556
Sphaerobertrandite  (*)NoneBe3(SiO4)(OH)2370359011
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3703592102954,10295521482
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F2363361110295440
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)37035901006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O37035904899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O3703592102954,102955433
Tsepinite-K  (*)Labuntsovite(K,Ba,Na)2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O37035904
Tsepinite-Na  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,H3O,K,Sr,Ba,   )2(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O3703592102954,1029556
Tsepinite-Sr  (*)Labuntsovite(Sr,Ba,K)(Ti,Nb)2(Si4O12)(OH,O)2·3H2O37035911029543
Tundrite-(Ce)  (*)TundriteNa2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)237035911029546
Vinogradovite  (*)NoneNa4Ti4(Si2O6)2[(Si,Al)4O10]O4·(H2O,Na,K)3370359110295428


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
P22_462_fig1_008370359      Yes  2697Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaLovozeroArzamastsev & Wu (2014)10.1134/S0869591114050026P22_462 
Grew_Li_2019_0053363361362±1 termination of igneous activity in Khibiny and Lovozero plutons   YesLintisiteLi2692Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, RussiaAlluaiv and Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, RussiaArzamastsev et al. (2007)10.1134/S1028334X07030257DES413A_432 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070241Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha), Seidozero Lake, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070241

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