| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Raite |
| Formula: | Mn2+Mn22+Na2(◻1.75Ti0.25)Si8O20(OH)2(H2O)4 · Na(H2O)6 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Valid - Type Locality |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Zorite | 28 |
| Leucosphenite | 9 |
| Aegirine | 9 |
| Natrolite | 8 |
| Mountainite | 8 |
| Penkvilksite | 8 |
| Lomonosovite | 4 |
| Microcline | 3 |
| Manganoneptunite | 3 |
| Vitusite-(Ce) | 2 |
| Narsarsukite | 2 |
| Eudialyte | 2 |
| Steenstrupine-(Ce) | 2 |
| Magnesio-arfvedsonite | 2 |
| Sphalerite | 1 |
| Abellaite | 1 |
| Seidite-(Ce) | 1 |
| Ussingite | 1 |
| Terskite | 1 |
| Galena | 1 |
| Ilmajokite-(Ce) | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Raite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (29 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 108932 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:108932:5 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Raite |
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| 48.8km (30.4 miles) | ⓘNorth Kamennik deposit, Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex), Murmansk Oblast, Russia |
| References |
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Mer'kov, A.N., Bussen, I.V., Goiko, E.A., Kul'chitskaya, E.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P., and Nedorezova, A.P. (1973) Raite and zorite - new minerals from the Lovozero Tundra. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 102(1): 54-62 (in Russian). Pluth, J. J., Smith, J. V., Pushcharovsky, D. Y., Semenov, E. I., Bram, A., Riekel, C., Weber, H.-P., Broach, R. W. (1997) Third-generation synchrotron x-ray diffraction of 6- m crystal of raite, Na3Mn3Ti0.25Si8O20(OH)2*10H2O, opens up new chemistry and physics of low-temperature minerals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94 (23) 12263-12267 doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12263 |
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Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia