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Locality Name:
Lovnoozero Deposit, Murmansk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 291988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lovnoozero Deposit, Murmansk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 68°35'24"N
Longitude: 29°24'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.59,29.41
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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneRutileSphaleriteSpinelZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mooihoekite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Putoranite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)0451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mooihoekite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe9S16020
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Putoranite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu1.1Fe1.2S207
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S16035
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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