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Fluorcalciobritholite: (Ca,REE)5[(Si,P)O4]3F
Comments: Reddish black fluorcalciobritholite grain from the type locality. Part of the holotype specimen. Location: Tuliok River head, East slope, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Grain Size 0.8 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Fluoro-ferroleakeite: NaNa2(Fe++2Fe+++2Li)Si8O22F2
Comments: Euhedral crystal of dark green fluoro-ferroleakeite with a lighter green aegirine rim in an agpaitic rare metal granite. Associated mineral is orange magmatic calcian elpidite with white albite. Location: Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Fluorophlogopite: KMg3(AlSi3)O10F2
Comments: Books of fluorphlogopite from a magnesian skarn showing the basal cleaveage of the micas.. Location: Arebilovskoe phlogopite deposit, Aldan, Aldan Shield, Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen size is 3.5x2.5x0.8 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Glagolevite: NaMg6[Si3AlO10](OH,O)8·H2O Andradite: Ca3Fe+++2(SiO4)3
Comments: Pearly white plates of glagolevite with olive-colored andradite dodecohedrons. Location: Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Golyshevite: (Na,Ca)10Ca9(Fe+++,Fe++)2Zr3NbSi25O72(CO3)(OH)3·H2O
Comments: Light yellowish-brown zircon-like colored golyshevite crystal. Location: Kovdor Phlogopite mine (Mica Mine; Slyuda Mine; Kovdorslyuda Shaft), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 9x7 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Hellandite-(Y): (Ca,REE)4(Y,Ce)2(Al,[ ])2[Si4B4O22](OH)2
Comments: Short-prismatic crystal of dark-brown hellandite-(Y) in granitic pegmatite. Location: Tusion River Valley, Pamir Mts, Viloyati Mukhtori Gorno-Badakhshan (Viloyati Badakhshoni Kuni), Tajikistan. Scale: FOV is 2x1.7 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Hingganite-(Ce): (Ce,Ca)2([ ],Fe)Be2Si2O8[(OH),O]2
Comments: Group of hinnganite-(Ce) dipyramidal crystals, etched from calcite-filled cavity in epidote-quartz metasomatites is covered by yellow spherulitic hydromuscovite. Formed by replacement of rare metal alkalic granitic pegmatite. Location: Western ore zone dumps, trench #2, Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Not Given. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Hydroastrophyllite: (H3O,K)2Ca(Fe+++,Mn)5-6Ti2Si8O26(OH)4F
Comments: Spray of brown hydroastrophyllite in alkaline granite pegmatite matrix. Location: Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x9 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Indite: Fe++In2S4
Comments: Two metallic-gray grains of fresh indite in quartz associated with brown and creamy-colored cassiterite. Location: Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Malyi Khingan Range, Khabarovskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Jorgensenite: Na2(Sr,Ba)14Na2Al12F64(OH,F) Weberite: Na2MgAlF7
Comments: SEM image of polished section of aluminofluoride vein mounted in epoxy. Bladed jorgensenite (Jor), barite (Bar) and weberite (Web) with minor quartz, bøgvadite, schorl, pyrite, galena, chalcopyrite and chalcocite. Location: Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland. Scale: See Image. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Kainosite-(Y): Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)·(H2O) Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)
Comments: Short prismatic black crystals of ferriallanite-(Ce) in white slightly weathered kainosite-(Y). Orange prisms are zircons of the first generation. Fragment of the holotype specimen. Location: Neprimetnyi pegmatite, Mount Ulyn Khuren, Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Crystal Size 2 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Karnasurtite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe+++)(Si,P)2O7(OH)4·3(H2O) (?)
Comments: Tabular, hexagonal crystals of light-yellow karnasurtite-(Ce) associated with light-lilac porcelaneous polylithionite and black dendrites of a cryptomelane group mineral. Location: Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen Size is 5.5x5x2 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Khristovite-(Ce): (Ca,REE)(Ce,REE)(Mg,Fe,Cr,Ti,V,Al)Mn++Al(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)(F,O)
Comments: Three tabular crystals of reddish-brown khristovite-(Ce) in pink rhodonite matrix. Associated mineral is yellowish-brown Fe-free hejtmanite (inylchekite var.). Location: Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan. Scale: Picture Size 3x1.7 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Kuzmenkoite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4·5(H2O) Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9·3(H2O)
Comments: White rhombododecahedral crystals of calciohilairite associated with orange=brown stout prismatic kuzmenkoite-Mn on matrix. Location: Flora Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV ~1x1 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Lepidolite: K(Li,Al)3(Si,Al)4O10(F,OH)2 Nanpingite: Cs(Al,Mg,Fe++,Li)2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2
Comments: Hexagonal tabular crystals of pearly colourless lepidolite within massive white pollucite from unknown rare metal pegmatite. Nanpingite forms the outer zones of these lepidolite crystals (~30-150 µm). Location: China. Scale: Specimen size is 3.5x3x2 cm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Magnesio-arfvedsonite: NaNa2(Mg4Fe++)Si8O22(OH)2 Nordite-(La): (Na,Mn)3(Sr,Ca)(La,Ce)(Zn,Mg)Si6O17
Comments: Large tabular crystal of brownish nordite-(La). Accessory minerals are white chalky natrolite and black prismatic magnesioarfvedsonite. Location: Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Magnesiocoulsonite: MgV+++2O4 Tremolite: [ ]Ca2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
Comments: Black grains of magnesiocoulsonite with green chromian tremolite. Metallic bronze grain of thiospinelid of kalininite-florensovite series is visible in the upper right corner of the image. Location: Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 3x2 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Magnesioferrikatophorite: Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++)4Fe+++Si7AlO22(OH)2
Comments: Double-terminated short-prismatic crystal of titanoan (2.17 % TiO2) magnesioferrikatophorite from a nephelin-syenite pegmatite. Location: Northeast slope, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Not Given. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Monazite-(La): (La,Ce,Nd)PO4
Comments: Yellowish crystals of monazite-(La) in a cavity in nephelin-syenite pegmatite. Location: Kuivchorr Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 9x7 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov
Morimotoite: Ca3TiFe++Si3O12
Comments: Dark-brown morimotoite grains in calcite-wollastonite skarn from the type locality, ID confirmed by microprobe and XRD analyses. Location: Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan. Collected by Igor V. Pekov in 2007 under supervising of the specie author from the same point of the outcrop as and holotype specimen. Scale: Specimen Size 17x12x7 mm. © Pavel M. Kartashov