Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pegmatite No. 45, 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: 56558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pegmatite No. 45, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt (Lepkhe-Nelm; Nepkha), Seidozero Lake, 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	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Labuntsovite	Mica	Natrolite	Neptunite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Pyroxene	Rhabdophane	Sphalerite	Tridymite	Tundrite

Aegirine ()*	Alsakharovite-Zn ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Kuzmenkoite-Mn ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Lepkhenelmite-Zn ()*	Lorenzenite ()*	Microcline ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Polylithionite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tainiolite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tsepinite-Na ()*	Tsepinite-Sr ()*	Tundrite-(Ce) ()*	Vinogradovite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Eudialyte Feldspar Labuntsovite Mica Natrolite Neptunite None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Pyroxene Rhabdophane Sphalerite Tridymite Tundrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	370	359	1022
Alsakharovite-Zn ()*	Labuntsovite	NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O	370	359	1
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	370	359	182
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	370	359	2740
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	370	359	1689
Kuzmenkoite-Mn ()*	Labuntsovite	K₂MnTi₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(OH)₄·5-6H₂O	370	359	5
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	370	359	63
Lepkhenelmite-Zn ()*	Labuntsovite	Ba₂Zn(Ti,Nb)₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·7H₂O	370	359	1
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	370	359	82
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	370	359	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	370	359	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	370	359	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	363	361	49
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	370	359	363
Polylithionite ()*	Mica	KLi₂AlSi₄O₁₀F₂	363	361	89
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	370	359	177
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	370	359	66
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	370	359	21482
Tainiolite ()*	Mica	KLiMg₂Si₄O₁₀F₂	363	361	40
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	370	359	433
Tsepinite-Na ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na,H₃O,K,Sr,Ba, )₂(Ti,Nb)₂(Si₄O₁₂)(OH,O)₂·3H₂O	370	359	6
Tsepinite-Sr ()*	Labuntsovite	(Sr,Ba,K)(Ti,Nb)₂(Si₄O₁₂)(OH,O)₂·3H₂O	370	359	3
Tundrite-(Ce) ()*	Tundrite	Na₂Ce₂TiO₂(SiO₄)(CO₃)₂	370	359	6
Vinogradovite ()*	None	Na₄Ti₄(Si₂O₆)₂[(Si,Al)₄O₁₀]O₄·(H₂O,Na,K)₃	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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