Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niva Alkaline Intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 441
Youngest recorded age at locality: 325

mindat Locality ID: 291614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niva Alkaline Intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°25'59"N
Longitude: 32°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.433055555556,32.299722222222

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.

Amphibole	Astrophyllite	Batisite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Pectolite
Pyroxene	Rutile	Sapphirine	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Diopside ()*	Eckermannite ()*	Fluorbarytolamprophyllite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lamprophyllite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neptunite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Shcherbakovite ()*
Vinogradovite ()*	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 Ba Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Si Sr Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Astrophyllite Batisite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Natrolite Neptunite None Pectolite
Pyroxene Rutile Sapphirine Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	441	325	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	441	325	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	441	325	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	441	325	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	441	325	2353
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	441	325	161
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	441	325	4135
Eckermannite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	441	325	5
Fluorbarytolamprophyllite ()*	None	(Ba,Sr,K)₂[(Na,Fe²⁺)₃TiF₂][Ti₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂]	441	325	2
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	441	325	5433
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	441	325	63
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	441	325	1236
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	441	325	49
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	441	325	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	441	325	313
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	441	325	363
Potassic-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	KNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	441	325	14
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	441	325	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	441	325	5614
Shcherbakovite ()*	Batisite	K₂NaTi₂O(OH)Si₄O₁₂	441	325	16
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	441	325	28
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	441	325	5251

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
	Alexandra-0320	400	358	379 ± 21	Rb–Sr	Age of agpaitic syenites		whole rock, clinopyroxene, lamprophyllite, k-felds	96-4, 96-6, 96-3a, 96-5						291614	Niva Alkaline Intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Niva intrusion	Arzamastsev et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00073-0	L51_27	Fig. 6
	Alexandra-0321	441	325	383 ± 58	Sm–Nd	Age of agpaitic syenites		whole rock, clinopyroxene, lamprophyllite, k-felds	96-4, 96-6, 96-3a, 96-5				Arfvedsonite, Natrolite, Neptunite, Pectolite, Vinogradovite		291614	Niva Alkaline Intrusion, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Niva intrusion	Arzamastsev et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0024-4937(99)00073-0	L51_27	Fig. 7

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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