Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Pegmatite No. 66, Motchisuai River Valley, Sengischorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 17902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmatite No. 66, Motchisuai River Valley, Sengischorr 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.

Apatite	Cristobalite	None	Nordite	Pectolite	Sphalerite

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: Be Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be Ce F Fe H Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cristobalite None Nordite Pectolite Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Belovite-(Ce) ()*	Chkalovite ()*	Epistolite ()*	Nordite-(Ce) ()*	Serandite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Belovite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	NaCeSr₃(PO₄)₃F	370	359	15
Chkalovite ()*	Cristobalite	Na₂BeSi₂O₆	370	359	16
Epistolite ()*	None	(Na )Nb₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₄	370	359	16
Nordite-(Ce) ()*	Nordite	Na₃SrCeZnSi₆O₁₇	370	359	7
Serandite ()*	Pectolite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)	370	359	38
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	370	359	21482
Steenstrupine-(Ce) ()*	None	Na₁₄Ce₆Mn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂Zr(PO₄)₇Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₂·3H₂O	370	359	28

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

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