coat of arms of Lovozero
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Lovozero Tundry
(Lujavvr)
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coat of arms of Lovozero
Geology
Compared to the neighboring Khibiny massif Lovozero has a lot of
similarities. It is also an alkaline intrusion with nepheline syenite varieties
as main rocks. It is of the same age (365 m.y.). Both intrusions are probably
the result of the same magmatic event. But there are also remarkable
differences. First of all is the geology of Lovozero much simpler. It is also a
horseshoe shaped intrusion with Lake Seidozero in the middle and the opening to
the east. The largest and central part of Lovozero consists of eudialyte-lujavrite.
Lujavrite is a nepheline syenite named after the Lovozero
massif, which was known as Lujavvr in history. Outside this core, and underneath is a complex zone consisting of layered complexes of lujavrite,
urtite and foyaite rocks. When looked more closely there are isles of murmanite
lujavrite porphyr (around Parguaiv and north of Selsurt) and in the east
are alkaline volcanic rocks. In some places occur sodalite- and noseane
syenites. These rocks are similar to nepheline syenite, with the nepheline
replaced by noseane or sodalite.
Another major difference between Lovozero and Khibiny is that in Lovozero
Ussingite veins occur. They do not occur on Khibiny. Ussingite
veins have a very typical paragenese (Ussingite, Vuonnemite, Serandite,
Steenstrupine etc. etc.). Many of these minerals do occur on Khibiny also, but
never in Ussingite veins.
A three dimensional map I reconstructed of the Lovozero massif looking
westward
Hey making maps is my job!
Click to download
topo map of Lovozero
in Russian
Below are the important localities of Lovozero listed. In most cases these are mountains. Most mineralogy occurs not in the intrusive rocks, but in pegmatites and hydrothermal veins. Only a few pegmatites have real names, such as Yubileinaya, Shkatulka and Sirenaya. In the 1960's Semenov started numbering the pegmatites. These numbers are still widely used. Many of these pegmatites and veins were discovered later. These are often named by Pekov after a distinguishing mineral, such as Shomiokotovoye for a Shomiokite rich pegmatite on Alluaiv. I included these pegmatite names below, but if you want to know their structure and detailed mineralogy I suggest reading the books "Lovozero", by Pekov and "The Lovozero Alkali Massif" by Vlasov.
I'm currently adding individual pegmatites to this page, but it will take a while before that will be finished. A lot of puzzling involved :-) Pegmatites between quotes are named by me, because I could not (yet) find any name or tie a description to an already named pegmatite.
geological hammers in the heraldry of Revda
Alluaiv is a 1115m high flat mountain located in the northwestern part of the Lovozero massif, close to the village of Revda.
Alluaiv has several sub localities. Most important is the large underground Umbozero mine or Umba mine. In this mine numerous pegmatites have been found such as: Shkatulka vein, Sirenevaya vein Lovozero, Pekov, Shomiokitovoye pegmatite. Apart from the Umba mine there is a quarry called the Severny quarry.
On the northern slopes of Alluaiv are two moraine fields, known as 'cirque'. They are named Raslak-1 Cirque and Raslak-2 Cirque. Raslak-2 is also known as Western Cirque.
Individual pegmatites are:
Cancrisilitovoye pegmatite named by Pekov is a
small pegmatite in the northern part of the Umbozero mine. The 30cm wide vein is
situated in foyaite. The only two worthwhile minerals seem to be Cancrisilite
and Kazakovite. There are more similiar but smaller veins in the area. [Pekov
p197]
'Ilmenite pegmatite' located at the first Western
Stream at the western slope of Alluaiv. Actually I am still not sure this is a single
pegmatite. numerous similar outcrops exist in a 20x100 meter large area near the
contact of Archean gneiss and foyaites of the differentiated complex.
Interesting minerals in this pegmatite are (mangan-)Ilmenite, Lorenzenite,
Eudialyte, Elpidite and Zirfesite. [Vlasov p136]
Makatitovaya pegmatite named by Pekov, is a hydrothermally altered
hyperagpaitic pegmatite discovered when the Severnaya shaft of the Umbozero mine
was sunk. Minerals include of course Makatit and further Natrosilite,
Kazakovite, Tisinalite, Vuonnemite and Lomonozovite. [Pekov p192-193]
Nastrophitovoye pegmatite, named by Pekov is an intensive hydrothermally
altered pegmatite within the differentiated complex in the southern part of the
Umbozero mine. The vein has Nastrophite, Catapleite and Analcime as interesting
minerals. [Pekov 197-199]
Naujaite pegmatites. A swarm of similar pegmatites occur occurs in the
naujaite in the northern part of the Umbozero mine, not far from Sirenevaya.
Mineralogically they are not too spectacular with Eudialyte, Lorenzenite and
Parakeldishite. [Pekov p190-192]
Shkatulka pegmatite (translated casket) is the world's largest Ussingite
body. It is the type locality for Shkatulkaite and Litvinskite and was struck
during workings in the southern part of the Umbozero mine in 1990. The vein is
situated in the differentiated complex. Mineralogy includes typical ussingite
vein mineralogy such as Vuonnemite, Gaidonnayite, Terskite, Chkalovite,
Lomonosovite, Steenstrupine etc. [Pekov p181-187]
Shomiokitovoye pegmatite named by Pekov is an extremely intensively
altered pegmatite, which can also be considered as hydrothermalite.
Shomiokitovoye is located in the northern part of the Umbozero mine. This large
vein is type locality for Korobytsinite and Natroxalate. Of course
Shomiokite-(Y) is abundant here and represents a unique REE mineralogy. The
interesting mineralogy is described in detail in [Pekov p193-197]
Sirenevaya pegmatite (translated lilac) is a bright lilac
colored Ussingite vein discovered in the northern part of the Umbozero mine in
the early 1980's. The vein is situated at the contact of naujaite and lujavrite
of the differentiated complex. The mineralogy of the Sirenevaya contains the
usual ussingite vein mineralogy such as Villiaumite, Terskite, Vuonnemite,
Belovite-(Ce), Vitusite-(Ce) and others. [Pekov p187-190]
Mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Alluaivite Amarillite Analcime Anatase Arfvedsonite Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite Bario-Olgite Barytolamprofyllite Belovite-(Ce) Belovite-(La)
Beryllite Biotite Bonshtedtite Bornemannite Britholite-(Ce) Burbankite-(Ce)
Burpalite Bykovaite Calciohilairite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrisilite Carbonate
Fluorapatite Caryochroite Catapleiite Chabazite-Ca Chabazite-K Chkalovite
Covellite Cryolite Davyne Diaspore Djerfisherite Dorfmanite Dualite Elpidite
Epididymite Epistolite Erdite Eudialyte Fluorite Gaidonnayite Galena
Gerasimovskite Gmelinite-Ca Gmelinite-K Gmelinite-Na Gobbinsite Gonnardite
Grumantite Halite Harmotome Hematite Heulandite-Ca Hilairite Hisingerite
Hydroxycancrinite Ilmenite Intersilite Kanemite Kazakovite Keldyshite Kogarkoite
Korobitsynite Lamprophyllite Lavenite Leifite Leucosphenite Lintisite
Litvinskite Lollingite Lomonosovite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lovozerite
Lueshite Mackinawite Magnesio-Arfvedsonite Makatite Malinkoite Manaksite
Mangan-Neptunite Manganonaujakasite Manganotychite Microcline Mineevite-(Y)
Molybdenite Murmanite Nahcolite Nahpoite Narsarsukite Nastrophite Natisite
Natrolite Natrophosphate Natrosilite Natroxalate Neighborite Nenadkevichite
Neotocite Nepheline Nordite-(Ce) Nordstrandite Noseane Olgite Oneillite Opal
Parakeldyshite Phillipsite-K Phosinaite-(Ce) Pirssonite Polylithionite Polyphite
Priderite Pyatenkoite-(Y) Pyrite Pyrophanite Pyrrhotite Quadruphite Quartz
Rasvumite Reedmergnerite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhabdophane-(Nd) Rhodochrosite
Rouvilleite Sacrofanite Saponite Sauconite Sazhinite-(Ce) Searlesite
Seidite-(Ce) Seidozerite Sepiolite Serandite Shkatulkalite Shomiokite-(Y)
Shortite Siderite Sidorenkite Sobolevite Soda Sodalite Sodiumboltwoodite
Sphalerite Steenstrupine-(Ce) Strontianite Taeniolite Taseqite Terskite
Thenardite Thermonatrite Thorite Thorosteenstrupine Tisinalite Trona Tugtupite
Umbozerite Ussingite Valleriite Villiaumite Vishnevite Vitusite-(Ce) Voronkovite
Vuonnemite Wegschneiderite Yakhontovite Zakharovite Zirsinalite
Not yet fully investigated minerals include (click
here for explanation):
M3, M4, M13, M28, M38, M39, M41, M65, M72
Angvundaschorr is with 1121m the highest mountain on Lovozero and it is located on the west side, just south of Alluaiv.
mineralogy
Analcime Eudialyte Lamprophyllite Lorenzenite Lovozerite Mangan-Neptunite
Murmanite Zirsinalite
Not yet fully investigated minerals include (click
here for explanation):
M40
Only known to me as type locality of Keldyshite.
mineralogy
Keldyshite*
Ankisuai river
mineralogy
Astrophyllite Donnayite-(Y) Fluorapatite Ilmenite Pyrochlore Titanite
Mount Apuaiv is a little know area in the northeast Lovozero massif, just south of Vavnbed.
mineralogy
Pyrochlore Uranpyrochlore
Punkaruaiv mountain is located at the far southeast of the massif, east Suoluaiv and Ninchurt. Punkaruaiv consists of two mountains a big Bolshoi Punkaruaiv and a smaller Maly Punkaruaiv. Bolshoi is the northern part.
mineralogy
Aegirine Chondrodite Epistolite Ferronordite-(Ce) Ferronordite-(La)
Fluoroapatite Galena Ilmenite Maghemite Magnetite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Sphalerite
Steenstrupine-(Ce) Takanelite Titanite
Chinglusuai river flows from Kedykverpakhk eastwards to Seidozero. The locality is often mentioned and even name giver to the discredited Chinlusuaite. The true locality for the minerals from here is probably in all cases a pegmatite vein, also known as pegmatite 65.
mineralogy
Aegirine Arfvedsonite Cancrisilite Davyne Eudialyte Ferronordite-(Ce)
Hisingerite Lamprophyllite Lomonosovite Lorenzenite Microcline Murmanite
Nordite-(La) Sodalite Sphalerite Ussingite
 Cancrisilite |
geology
Chivruai river is located in the central south side of Lovozero, between Mount
Ninchurt and Lepkhe Nelm. The river cut through the Eudialyte Luyavrite and
exposed the upper zones of the differentiated complex. Chivruai river is the
type locality for Chivruaiite
mineralogy
Mineral name Chivruaiite Murmanite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Whewellite
El'mariok river flows from Karnasurt south towards Seidozero. The locality would not be worth mentioning, if it was not the type locality for lovozerite.
mineralogy
Aenigmatite Illite Lovozerite Murmanite
Flora is an odd locality within the Lovozero massif. It is located north of Karnasurt/Kuivchorr on the very edge of the intrusion. Therefore it is not on eudialyte-lujavrite, but in the complex lujavrite-urtite-foyaite differentiated zone. If you think Genthelvine does not fit the paragenese, you have a keen eye! It is found in xenoliths.
geology
Flora is, together with Vavnbed, a complicated locality, because rocks of
the endow contact are exposed here.
'Eucolite-Ramsayite pegmatite': This pegmatite is located on the northern slope of Flora at the contact between foyaites and under laying lujavrites. The pegmatites form four outcrops, presumably belonging to a single irregular pegmatite. The outcrops measure up to 50 meters. Mineralogically the pegmatite contains the usual minerals, but Loparite on Eudialyte matrix is interesting. [Vlasov p122]
'Nepheline-Eudialyte pegmatite': This pegmatite occurs also on Flora's north slope, about 600 meters south of the Eucolite-Ramsayite pegmatite. It is an only 10-25 centimeter thick pegmatite, but it cuts various rocks of the differentiated complex, lujavrite, urtite, juvite and foyaite. This is geologically interesting, because you can notice the different contact aureoles in the different rocks. Mineralogy is again the usual. [Vlasov p125]
'Aegirine-Aenigmatite pegmatite'. This pegmatite is also located on the northern slope, about 700 meter ESE of the Eucolite-Ramsayite pegmatite. It is located in foyaites of the differentiated complex. Interesting minerals of this pegmatite are Murmanite, Belyankinite, Aenigmatite and Lamprophyllite, while zeolites also occur in the pegmatite. [Vlasov p129]
Pegmatite No.28 is a peculiar Narsassukite vein on the northern slope of Flora. It is however more a metasomatic region than a pegmatite. However several small pegmatites have altered in this metasomatic zone. [Pekov p162-164]
mineralogy
Aegirine Aenigmatite Albite Almandine Anatase Andalusite Arfvedsonite Armenite
Augite Belyankinite Biotite Britholite-(Ce) Calciohilairite Carbonate
Fluorapatite Chalcopyrite Cordierite Cyanite Diopside Elpidite Epistolite
Eudialyte Eudidymite Forsterite Genthelvine Graphite Grossular Hilairite
Huttonite Ilmenite Komarovite Kuzmenkoite-Mn Labuntsovite-Mn Lamprophyllite
Lemmleinite-Ba Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lovozerite Magnesio-Arfvedsonite
Magnesioriebeckite Magnetite Manganbelyankinite Microcline Monazite-(Ce)
Murmanite Muscovite Narsarsukite Natrolite Nepheline Opal Organovaite-Mn
Plumbopyrochlore Pyrochlore Quartz Rosenbuschite Schorl Thorite Uranpyrochlore
Vuoriyarvite-K Yofortierite Zircon
 Epistolite |
 Eudialyte |
 Lorenzenite |
Murmanite |
 Narsarsukite |
Karnasurt
Karnasurt mine
Karnasurt is a very rich locality located on the northern Lovozero massif. The name Karnasurt could reflect on the mountain as well as on the Karnasurt mine. Karnasurt is one of the richest localities of Kola in terms of diverse minerals, only superseded by it's neighbor Alluaiv.
sub localities include: Yubileinaya vein, pegmatite 60, pegmatite 61, pegmatite 62
'Lamprophylitic pegmatite'. This pegmatite is located in the bed of the 1st Eastern Stream. The vein is geologically situated on the border of a hornblende lujavrite at the bottom and foyaite on top in the differentiated complex. The pegmatite has a traceable length of about 60 meters. This vein has only the usual pegmatitic minerals. [Vlasov p133]
The Yubileinaya pegmatite is probably one of the most famous alkaline pegmatites. It was discovered in 1970 in the Karnasurt mine, in the northwestern part of Karnasurt. It is a unique vein consisting mainly of Natrolite, which originates from the complete alteration of Ussingite. It is the typelocality for no less than 13 minerals! Ilmajokite, Raite, Zorite, Lovdarite, Vuonnemite, Sazhinite-(Ce), Laplandite-(Ce), Penkvilskite, Bornemanite, Vitusite-(Ce), Shafranovskite, Terskite and Seidite-(Ce) in chronological order. [Pekov 167-173]
Pegmatite No.60 is located on the right bank of the Second Eastern Stream on the northeastern part of Karnasurt.The pegmatite is situated in the foyaites of the differentiated complex, near the contact with sodalite foyaites. It is an Ussingite body which outcrops. It is the type locality of Manganonordite-(Ce). Other interesting are general ussingite vein minerals such as Lovozerite, Lorenzenite, Vinogradovite, Chkalovite, Steenstrupine-(Ce), Umbozerite, Lomonosovite, Vuonnemite etc. [Pekov p164-165]
Pegmatite No.61 is located about 800 meters east of the Second Eastern Stream at the northeast side of Karnasurt in Lujavrite of the differentiated complex. Pegmatite No.61 is the type locality for Beryllite, Komarovite and Nenadkevechite. The pegmatite is a Natrolite vein, formed by alteration of primary Ussingite. [Pekov p148-152]
Pegmatite No.62 is also located on the northeastern side of Karnaurt. The vein is situated on the contact of the differentiated complex and Naujaites. The pegmatite body mainly consists of Hackmanite and Natrolite. Interesting mineralogy of Pegmatite No.62 includes Karnasurtite-(Ce), Epididymite and Polylithionite. [Pekov 152-155]
mineralogy
Actinolite Aegirine Aenigmatite Albite Allophane Analcime Ancylite-(Ce)
Anorthoclase Antigorite Arfvedsonite Barytolamprofyllite Belovite-(Ce)
Belyankinite Bertrandite Beryllite Biotite Birnessite Bornemannite
Burbankite-(Ce) Cancrisilite Carbonate Fluorapatite Catapleiite Cerianite-(Ce)
Chabazite-Ca Chabazite-K Chesnokovite Chkalovite Chrysocolla Cristobalite
Cryolite Cryptomelane Davyne Diopside Dorfmanite Elpidite Epididymite Epistolite
Eudialyte Ferronordite-(Ce) Forsterite Gaidonnayite Galena Gerasimovskite
Gibbsite Gjerdingenite-Ca Gmelinite-Na Halite Heulandite-Ca Hilairite
Hisingerite Hydroxycancrinite Ikranite Ilmajokite Ilmenorutile Kanemite
Karnasurtite-(Ce) Kazakovite Komarovite Korobitsynite Kuzmenkoite-Zn Kyanite
Lamprophyllite Laplandite-(Ce) Leifite Lemmleinite-Ba Leucosphenite
Lithiophorite Lollingite Lomonosovite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lovdarite
Lovozerite Lueshite Magnesio-Arfvedsonite Magnesioriebeckite Magnetite
Malinkoite Mangan-Neptunite Manganonordite-(Ce) Microcline Molybdenite
Montmorillonite Moraesite Mountainite Murmanite Muscovite Nahpoite Narsarsukite
Nastrophite Natisite Natrite Natrolite Natrophosphate Natrosilite Nenadkevichite
Neotocite Nepheline Nitratine Nontronite Nordite-(Ce) Olgite Olympite Opal
Organovaite-Mn Organovaite-Zn Paranatrolite Pectolite Penkvilksite Phlogopite
Phosinaite-(Ce) Polylithionite Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite Quartz Raite
Rancieite Raslakite Rasvumite Revdite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhabdophane-(La)
Safflorite Sanidine Saponite Sauconite Sazhinite-(Ce) Sazykinaite-(Y)
Seidite-(Ce) Seladonite Serandite Shafranovskite Shcherbakovite Sillimanite
Sodalite Sphalerite Steenstrupine-(Ce) Strontiopyrochlore Strontiumapatite
Takanelite Terskite Thermonatrite Thomsonite-Ca Thorosteenstrupine Tisinalite
Troilite Tsepinite-K Tugtupite Tuperssuatsiaite Umbozerite Uranpyrochlore
Ussingite Villiaumite Vinogradovite Vitusite-(Ce) Vuonnemite Vuoriyarvite-K
Yofortierite Zakharovite Zincsilite Zirsinalite Zorite
Not yet fully investigated minerals include (click
here for explanation):
M31, M36, M54, M37, M65
Not yet approved minerals are (click here for explanation):
M22, M29, M54
Kedykverpakhk is the northern part of Angvundaschorr.
geology
Kedykverspakhk consists largely of Eudialyte Lujavrite. Loparite is
mined here underground from the Karnasurt mine.
'Il'mozero pegmatite': Nine outcrops located 400 meters above Il'mozero in eudialyte lujavrite rocks. It is a facies pegmatite containing no extraordinary mineralogy. [Vlasov p71]
Pegmatite 31:
The Palitra Pegmatite (palette pegmatite, for it's wonderful colors) was discovered in 2002 during underground work in the Karnasurt mine at the northern slope of Kedykverpakhk. It is the type locality Bario-Olgite, Kapustinite, Potassic-Arfvedsonite and Pautovite. The pegmatite is interesting for the fact that it was not hydrothermally altered after it's formation, while all other large Lovozero pegmatites are. This also means that a lot of Palitra minerals are very instable in air. In total 46 minerals are found in Palitra. All this makes Palitra a very important and interesting pegmatite. As noteworthy minerals I just name Thorosteenstrupine crystals, Nalipoite, Revdite, Zakharovite, Bartonite and Chlorbartonite and well developed Natrosilite. For more information on Palitra I refer to Mineralogical Record 09/01/05, The Palitra pegmatite, a newly discovered hyperalkaline pegmatite in the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula Russia, by Igor Pekov.
In the northeastern part of Kedykverpakhk occurs a swarm of different types of pegmatites and hydrothermal veins. Pekov mentiones 'more than a dozen' bodies larger than 10cm in diameter. They are exposed by the workings of the Karnasurt mine. Seven of them are described in more detail by Pekov in his Lovozero book and I suggest reading this book for more details.
mineralogy
Aegirine Aenigmatite Albite Analcime Arfvedsonite Astrophyllite Bario-Olgite
Bartonite Belovite-(Ce) Belyankinite Berthierine Bohmite Cancrisilite Carbonate
Fluorapatite Chesnokovite Chkalovite Chlorbartonite Clinoptilolite-K Dorfmanite
Epididymite Epistolite Eudialyte Grumantite Henrymeyerite Heulandite-K Kanemite
Kapustinite Kazakovite Kogarkoite Kuzmenkoite-Mn Kuzmenkoite-Zn Lomonosovite
Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite Lovozerite Magnesioriebeckite Manaksite
Manganbelyankinite Mangan-Neptunite Manganonordite-(Ce) Microcline Murmanite
Nahpoite Nalipoite Natisite Natrite Natrolite Natrophosphate Natrosilite
Neotocite Nepheline Nordite-(Ce) Olympite Opal Parakuzmenkoite-Fe Pautovite
Phosinaite-(Ce) Potassic-Arfvedsonite Potassium-Leakeite Raslakite Revdite
Rhabdophane-(Ce) Serandite Sodalite Steenstrupine-(Ce) Thenardite Thermonatrite
Tisinalite Todorokite Troilite Tuperssuatsiaite Umbozerite Ussingite Villiaumite
Vitusite-(Ce) Vuonnemite Yegorovite Yofortierite
 Belyankinite |
 Chesnokovite |
 Dorfmanite |
 Lintisite |
 Natisite |
 Natrosilite |
 Phosinaite |
 Raslakite |
 Villiaumite |
Kitkn'yun forms the southern contact of the massif, south of Manepakhk.
'Kitkn'yun pegmatite' is located at the uppermost left tributary of the Kitkuai river, 500 meters from it's mouth. The pegmatite is located in an aegirine lujavrite of the differentiated complex, but there are several xenoliths closely associated with the vein. [Vlasov p118]
mineralogy
Aegirine Aenigmatite Albite Analcime Arfvedsonite Boehmite Catapleiite
Cryptomelane Epididymite Eudialyte Ilmenite Lamprophyllite Lorenzenite
Microcline Montmorillonite Murmanite Natrolite Nepheline Neptunite Pectolite
Sepiolite Sodalite Vinogradovite Vlasovite
Koklukhtiuai river
google-earth/Koklukhtiuai river.kmz
The Koklukhtituai river flows south from Kuivchorr into Seidozero Minerals in this section could equally be attributed to Kuivchorr.
mineralogy
Arfvedsonite Beidellite Ilmenite Marcasite Nepheline Normandite Pyroaurite
Pyrrhotite Thomsonite-Ca Zircon
Kuamdespakhk is located southeast of Kuivchorr. See also Suluai river
mineralogy
Ancylite-(Ce) Bastnasite-(Ce) Catapleiite Cerite-(Ce) Chabazite-Ca Fluorite
Lorenzenite Perowskite Pyrochlore Pyrophanite Thorite Titanite Uranpyrochlore Zircon
Kuftn'yun is located in the southeast of the Lovozero massif, just south of Parguaiv. It is the type locality of Labuntsovite. That was in the days before a new Labuntsovite member was discovered every day...... As Flora Kuftn'yun is also located in the differentiated complex zone.
Pegmatite No.19: Located on the southern slope of Kuftn'yun. The pegmatite is at least 200 meters and up to 4 meters thick and is located in foyaite. Presumably all minerals listed below are actually from this differentiated pegmatite. [Vlasov p114; Pekov p160]
mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Analcime Arfvedsonite Bertrandite Carbonate Fluorapatite
Chabazite-Ca Cryptomelane Diopside Elpidite Epididymite Eudialyte Gibbsite
Goethite Hastingsite Kaolinite Labuntsovite-Mn Leifite Loparite-(Ce) Lorenzenite
Mangan-Neptunite Microcline Montmorillonite Murmanite Natrolite Nepheline
Nontronite Pyrolusite Quartz Vinogradovite
Kuivchorr is a long stretched mountain south of Karnasurt. It
forms the entire northern shore of Seidozero.
sub localities include: Troinaya valley and Pegmatite 55.
Pegmatite No.55 is located in the middle part of the southern slope of Kuivchorr. The core of this large pegmatite mainly consists of Analcime. THe pegmatite dips steeply and cuts many different rocks and even a large xenolith.The mineralogy is what you expect of alkaline pegmaties, but curiosities are Wolframite and Thorite. [Pekov p158-160]
mineralogy
Albite Analcime Anatase Barytolamprofyllite Biotite Boehmite Brookite Carbonate
Fluorapatite Catapleiite Chabazite-Ca Djerfisherite Epididymite Eudialyte
Ferberite Fluoroapatite Gibbsite Hastingsite Hematite Kupletskite Lamprophyllite
Montmorillonite Muscovite Natrolite Nenadkevichite Nepheline Perowskite
Phlogopite Polylithionite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Saponite Sauconite Sepiolite
Tainiolite Thomsonite-Ca Thorite Titanite Vinogradovite Zircon Zirkelite
Not yet fully investigated minerals include (click
here for explanation):
M54
Lepkhe Nelm is located high on the cliffs just south of
Seidozero. Some minerals with labeled locality 'Seidozero' come from here.
'Orthoclase-aegirine pegmatite'. Located at the center of the northern slope of Lepkhe in poikilitic noseane rocks (phase 1). The pegmatite's most interesting minerals are 'Saamite', Sphalerite, Galena. Taeniolite and Vernadite. For a more detailed mineralogical description see: [Vlasov p147]
Pegmatite No.45 is, as Pegmatite No.47, located at the northern slope of Lepkhe Nelm, but a little further southwest of Pegmatite No.47. This pegmatite is located in the poikilitic syenites, not far from the contact with the aegirine Lujavrites where Pegmatite No.47 is situated in. Pegmatite No.45 is a highly altered natrolite vein. Pegmatite No.45 is the type locality for Kupletskite (co-type), Tundrite-(Ce) and Vinogradovite. Other interseting minerals include Neptunite, Kentbrooksite and Mn bearing Apatite. [Pekov p157-158]
Pegmatite No.47 is located in Aegirine-Lujavrites on the north side of Lepkhe Nelm. The pegmatite consists mainly of natrolite and orthoclase. It gained fame as a source for the nice green "saamite" variety of Apatite. Pegmatite No.47 is the co-type locality for Kupletskite together with neighboring Pegmatite No.45. [Pekov p155-157]
mineralogy
Aegirine Allophane Alsakharovite-Zn Analcime Ancylite-(Ce) Anglesite
Arfvedsonite Barite Belovite-(Ce) Bertrandite Birnessite Carbonate Fluorapatite
Carbonate Hydroxylapatite Catapleiite Cerussite Chkalovite Clinoptilolite-Ca
Cryptomelane Epididymite Eudialyte Fluoroapatite Fluoro-Magnesio-Arfvedsonite
Franklinite Galena Gerasimovskite Halloysite-10A Hemimorphite Heulandite-Ca
Heulandite-Sr Hisingerite Hydrocerussite Hydroxylapatite Kentbrooksite
Krivovicheite Kupletskite Kuzmenkoite-Zn Labuntsovite-Mn Lamprophyllite
Lanarkite Leadhillite Lepkhenelmite-Zn Lorenzenite Lueshite
Magnesio-Arfvedsonite Mangan-Neptunite Microcline Monazite-(La) Montmorillonite
Natrolite Nepheline Neptunite Noseane Orthoclase Paratsepinite-Ba Polylithionite
Pyrochlore Pyromorfite Quartz Rancieite Rhabdophane-(Ce) Sauconite Serandite
Sphalerite Strontiumapatite Taeniolite Thorite Titanite Todorokite
Tornebohmite-(La) Tsepinite-Na Tsepinite-Sr Tugtupite Tundrite-(Ce) Vernadite
Vinogradovite
 Kentbrooksite |
 "Saamite" |
 Todorokite |
 Tsepinite-Na |
 Tundrite-(Ce) |
Malyi Punkaruaiv is located east of Suoluaiv, see also Bolshoi
Punkaruaiv.
Pegmatite No.71 is located at the northeastern slope. It is a large Ussingite body, which was discovered in 1932 as the first of it's type. Pegmatite 71 is the type locality for Chkalovite, Belovite-(Ce) and Gerasimovskite. [Pekov p145]
mineralogy
Aegirine Aenigmatite Anglesite Astrophyllite Belovite-(Ce) Beryllite Cancrinite
Cerussite Chkalovite Epistolite Eudialyte Galena Gerasimovskite Gmelinite-Na
Götzenite Hemimorphite Hisingerite Karnasurtite-(Ce) Lemmleinite-Ba
Lithiophorite Lorenzenite Lovozerite Magnesio-Arfvedsonite Mangan-Neptunite
Manganonordite-(Ce) Marcasite Microcline Murmanite Natrolite Nepheline
Nordite-(Ce) Noseane Opal Polylithionite Punkaruaivite Pyrrhotite
Rhabdophane-(Ce) Saponite Serandite Sodalite Sphalerite Steenstrupine-(Ce)
Tainiolite Takanelite Thorite Todorokite Tugtupite Ulvospinell Ussingite
Vernadite Vitusite-(Ce) Vlasovite Zirkelite
 Takanelite |
 Murmanite |
 Ussingite |
CAREFULL do not mix up this locality with Maly Manepakhk in Khibiny!
This Mannepakhk is located south of Lepkhe Nelm. Already in 1894 did Ramsay describe the rock Tawite from here, named after the nearby Tawajok river. Tawite is Ijolite with nepheline replaced by sodalite.
mineralogy
Albite Allophane Belyankinite Bertrandite Beryllite Carbonate Fluorapatite
Chalcopyrite Epididymite Eudialyte Heulandite-Ca Ilmenite Lamprophyllite
Lovozerite Mangan-Neptunite Murmanite Natrolite Noseane Phlogopite
Polylithionite Pyrochlore Saponite Sauconite Serandite Sodalite Tainiolite
Vinogradovite
 Loparite-(Ce) |
Muruai river flows from Sengischorr eastward into Seidozero. Pegmatite 58 is located on the banks of this river
mineralogy
Aegirine Calcite Fluorite Fluoroapatite Ilmenite Lavenite Lovozerite Lueshite
Magnesioferrikatophorite Magnetite Marcasite Microcline Nepheline Noseane
Orthoclase Pyrochlore Pyrrhotite Seidozerite Titanite
Ninchurt is located on the south shore of Seidozero, just east of Lepkhe Nelm.
mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Eudialyte Fluorapophyllite Fluoroapatite Ilmenite Lavenite
Lomonosovite Lovozerite Marcasite Murmanite Nepheline Rosenbuschite Vlasovite
Parguaiv is located south of Sengischorr.
mineralogy
Aenigmatite Arfvedsonite Lovozerite
geology
Located at the eastern end of Mt.Flora. It is mentioned in
Khomyakov's Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rocks as locality for
mica like Apophyllite, formed in Devonian volcanogenic xenoliths.
mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Eudialyte Fluorapophyllite Fluoroapatite Ilmenite Lavenite
Lomonosovite Lovozerite Marcasite Murmanite Nepheline Rosenbuschite Vlasovite
Selsurt is located just east of Karnasurt and south of Flora. The locality is probably more interesting than listed here.
mineralogy
Huttonite Kuzmenkoite-Mn Vuoriyarvite-K
Sengischorr is located just south of Angvundaschorr. It is home of pegmatite 66
geology
'Upper Sengisyavr Zirk pegmatites': Ten small and four larger pegmatites where described by Tikhonenkov occur at the northern slope of Sengisyavr Zirk, the circular plateau where lake Sengisyavr is located. The pegmatites are located in the lowest layer of eudialyte-lujavrite rocks and form a single thin horizon. The pegmatites hold the usual non spectacular mineralogy typical for pegmatites in the eudialyte-lujavrite complex: Aegirine, Natrolite, Albite, Lorenzenite, Arfvedsonite, Eudialyte, Lamprophyllite, Murmanite, Microcline and Natrolite. [Vlasov p81]
'Lower Sengisyavr Zirk pegmatites'. Below the pegmatites described above occurs another pegmatite, this time emplaced in the porphyritic lujavrite. The porphyritic lujavrites is a thin layer of rocks between the eudialyte lujavrites and the differentiated complex. The pegmatite could be traced for about 100m and contains Arfvedsonite, Aegirine, Murmanite, Lamprophyllite, Loparite-(Ce), Neptunite, Natrolite, Nepheline, Eudialyte. [Vlasov p85]
mineralogy
Analcime Anatase Ancylite-(Ce) Arfvedsonite Belovite-(Ce) Bertrandite Brookite Catapleiite
Chkalovite Djerfisherite Donnayite-(Y) Epididymite Epistolite Eudialyte Fluorite
Gerasimovskite Hemimorphite Ilmenite Lamprophyllite Lavenite Lomonosovite
Lorenzenite Lovozerite Mangan-Neptunite Montmorillonite Murmanite Natrolite
Neptunite Nordite-(Ce) Nordstrandite Noseane Perrierite-(Ce) Phosinaite-(Ce)
Pyrochlore Rhabdophane-(Ce) Rhodochrosite Seidozerite Serandite Sphalerite
Steenstrupine-(Ce) Titanite Todorokite Tugtupite Ussingite Villiaumite
Vitusite-(Ce) Vuonnemite Zircon Zirsinalite
Not yet approved minerals are (click here for explanation):
M33, M40
Strashempakhk is located along the southern contact, south of Mannepakhk.
mineralogy
Loparite-(Ce) Lovozerite Narsarsukite
Suluai river
Flowing from Kuamdespakh south to Seidozero.
mineralogy
Aegirine Amesite Ancylite-(Ce) Bastnasite-(Ce) Bohmite Catapleiite Cerite-(Ce)
Chamosite Fluorite Gibbsite Huttonite Lavenite Lorenzenite Magnetite Microcline
Natrolite Nepheline Phlogopite Pyrite Pyrophanite Rosenbuschite Thorite Titanite
Located in the southeast of the massif.
Seidozeritovoye pegmatite is a name given by Pekov to a pegmatite on the northern slope of Suoluaiv. The pagmatite in fact consists of several smaller pegmatites in poikilitic noseane and nepheline syenites. The pegmatite gained fam for nice Seidozerite and Lavenite specimen. [Pekov p165-167]
mineralogy
Aegirine Analcime Anatase Ancylite-(Ce) Ancylite-(La) Bonshtedtite Catapleiite
Chabazite-Sr Cowlesite Fluoroapatite Gonnardite Lavenite Murmanite Orthoclase
Paranatrolite Pyrochlore Sanidine Seidozerite Thomsonite-Ca Vinogradovite
Vlasovite
Flowing between Sengischorr and Parguaiv towards the exocontact.
mineralogy
Analcime Keldyshite Lorenzenite Mangan-Neptunite Murmanite Parakeldyshite
Safflorite Thorite
The Tyulbnyunuai river flows parallel to and north of the Chinglusuai river from Angvudaschorr to Seidozero.
'Tyulbnyunuai eudialyte-lujavrite pegmatite': Located on the upper left slope of Tyulbnyunuai valley, about 60 meters above the river bed. The pegmatite is about 50m long and located in fine grained eudialytic lujavrite. Minerals include: Murmanite, Lamprophyllite, Aegirine, Albite, Eudialyte, Arfvedsonite, Sodalite, Ussingite, Lorenzenite, Neptunite, Pectolite, Loparite, Natrolite and Vinogradovite.[Vlasov p76]
Medvezh'ya Bergola (Pegmatite No.13): This pegmatite is on the left slope of the valley of the Tyulbnyunuai river in the upper foyaite layer of the differentiated complex. This pegmatite is mostly interesting for the large Belyankinite specimen and the potassium zeolites. [Vlasov p109, Pekov p148]
mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Analcime Arfvedsonite Belyankinite Chabazite-K Eudialyte Gerasimovskite
Heulandite-K Lamprophyllite Lomonosovite Lorenzenite Magnesioriebeckite Mangan-Neptunite
Microcline Molybdenite Murmanite Natrolite Neotocite Phillipsite-K Rhabdophane-(Ce)
Sodalite Sphalerite Ussingite Vinogradovite
Vavnbed seems to be a separate mountain at the northeast edge of the massif. The mountain is home to pegmatite 24. The locality is most famous for it's stunning zircon crystals.
Pegmatite No.24 is located on the eastern slope of Vavnbed. The locality has been known for a long time as 'Zircon vein of Vavnbed'. The vein is located in albitites and fenites and is type locality for Strontiopyrochlore. The vein is most famous for it's Zircons and Ilmenites. [Pekov p161-162]
geology
Vavnbed is probably the most complex locality of Lovozero. Many rare rocks
occur here along the contact of the alkaline intrusion.
mineralogy
Aegirine Albite Allanite-(Ce) Anatase Bastnasite-(Ce) Catapleiite Chromite
Cummingtonite Diopside Elpidite Epididymite Epidote Eudialyte Fluorite
Fluoroapatite Hisingerite Hydroxyapophyllite Ilmenite Kaolinite Loparite-(Ce)
Lorenzenite Lovozerite Magnesite Microcline Monazite-(Ce) Montmorillonite
Murmanite Narsarsukite Natrolite Nontronite Palygorskite Pectolite Pyrochlore
Pyrophanite Rinkite Rutile Stilpnomelane Strontiopyrochlore Titanite Tremolite
Uranpyrochlore Vlasovite Wöhlerite Zircon
References
World of Stones 5/6-1995, entire Issue, various authors
Das Lovozero massif auf der Russischen Kola-Halbinsel, G.J.Ivanjuk et al (1997),
Lapis 97 4, p13-29
Mineralogy of Hyperagpaitic Alkaline Rock, A.P. Khomyakov (1995), Clarendon
Press, Oxford, UK
Lovozero massif, I.V.Pekov 2000, Ocean Pictures Ltd (now Mineralogical Almanac),
Moscow
The Lovozero Alkali massif, Vlasov, Kuzmenko and Es'kova, first English Edition
(1966), Oliver and Boyd Ltd
