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Locality Name:
Upper El'maraiok River (Elemaraik), Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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

mindat Locality ID: 20369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper El'maraiok River (Elemaraik), 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

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 Ca H K Na O Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Na O Si Sr Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
LovozeriteNoneTridymite

4 IMA Minerals at location:
Lamprophyllite  (*)Lovozerite  (*)Murmanite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2370359063
Lovozerite  (*)LovozeriteNa3CaZrSi6O15(OH)3370359019
Murmanite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2Na2Ti2(Si2O7)2O4(H2O)4370359024
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3703590884



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 


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