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Kupletskite

A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered

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Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Kupletskite, etc.

Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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About KupletskiteHide

Elsa Kupletskaya and Boris Kupletski

Formula:

(K,Na)₃(Mn,Fe)₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆(OH)₄F

Colour:

Dark brown to black, brown, yellow

Lustre:

Adamantine, Vitreous

Hardness:

3 - 4

Specific Gravity:

3.20 - 3.36

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Member of:

Kupletskite Group > Astrophyllite Supergroup

Name:

Named in honor of Boris Mikhailovich Kupletski (Борис Михайлович Куплетский) (10(22) January 1894, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - 14 January 1964, Moscow, USSR), geologist and petrographer at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and Elsa Maximilianovna Bohnshtedt Kupletskaya (Эльза Максимилиановна Бонштедт-Куплетская) (18(30) October 1897, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - 10 July 1974, Moscow, USSR) mineralogist and professor at the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry (IGEM) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The mineral bonshtedtite is also named after Kupletskaya.

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Kuivchorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
ⓘ Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Kupletskite-Kupletskite-(Cs) Series. The potassium analogue of Kupletskite-(Cs). Alters easily to porous black manganese oxides.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2290

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2290:9

GUID
(UUID V4):

bf6f4bce-fb62-4b20-8117-780dd8f6a978

IMA Classification of KupletskiteHide

IMA status:

Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)

IMA Formula:

K₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F

First published:

1956

Type description reference:

Semenov, E.I. (1956) Kupletskite - a new mineral of the astrophyllite group. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 108: 933-936.

Classification of KupletskiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

9.DC.05

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
D : Inosilicates
C : Inosilicates with branched 2-periodic single chains; Si₂O₆ + 2SiO₃ Si₄O₁₂

Dana 8th ed.:

69.1.1.2

69 : INOSILICATES Chains with Side Branches or Loops
1 : Chains with Side Branches or Loops with (P=2, and N=4, 2 branches)

Hey's CIM Ref.:

14.9.28

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
9 : Silicates of Ti

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Kpt	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
Kpt	Warr (2020)	Warr, L.N. (2020) Recommended abbreviations for the names of clay minerals and associated phases. Clay Minerals, 55, 261–264 doi:10.1180/clm.2020.30

Physical Properties of KupletskiteHide

Lustre:

Adamantine, Vitreous

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

Dark brown to black, brown, yellow

Comment:

dark brown to black when altered to manganese oxides.

Streak:

Brown

Hardness:

3 - 4 on Mohs scale

Cleavage:

Perfect
on [100]

Density:

3.20 - 3.36 g/cm³ (Measured) 3.05 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of KupletskiteHide

Type:

Biaxial (-)

RI values:

n_α = 1.656 - 1.660 n_β = 1.699 - 1.702 n_γ = 1.731 - 1.734

2V:

Measured: 79° to 85°, Calculated: 78°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.075

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

High

Dispersion:

relatively weak

Pleochroism:

Visible

Comments:

Pleochroic with Z brown to X orange-yellow.

Chemistry of KupletskiteHide

Mindat Formula:

(K,Na)₃(Mn,Fe)₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆(OH)₄F

Elements listed:

F, Fe, H, K, Mn, Na, O, Si, Ti - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Zr,Al,Mg,Ca,Ba,H₂O

Crystallography of KupletskiteHide

Crystal System:

Triclinic

Cell Parameters:

a = 13.14 Å, b = 12.82 Å, c = 5.42 Å
α = 93.94°, β = 101.4°, γ = 113.38°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 1.025 : 1 : 0.423

Unit Cell V:

810.47 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Lamellar masses; fine plates; lamellar and acicular crystals

Comment:

Monoclinic, or triclinic, pseudomonoclinic. Point Group: n.d.; Space Group: n.d.

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0005804	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Gjerdingen intrusion, Norway	293
0005807	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0005808	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0005810	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005811	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005812	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005813	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005814	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005815	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005816	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005817	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0005820	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, Lalonde A E (2003) Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry The Canadian Mineralogist 41 27-54	2003	altered nepheline syenite pegmatite at Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	293
0006907	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2001) Kupletskite polytypes from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Kupletskite-1A and kupletskite-Ma2b2c European Journal of Mineralogy 13 973-984	2001	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293
0006908	Kupletskite	Piilonen P C, McDonald A M, LaLonde A E (2001) Kupletskite polytypes from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Kupletskite-1A and kupletskite-Ma2b2c European Journal of Mineralogy 13 973-984	2001	Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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 Insights into astrophyllite-group minerals II: Crystal chemistry
 Note: sample NOR17, alkali granite
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Mn(2)   0.27970   0.06681   0.48767   0.98500   0.01070
Mn(3)   0.42220   0.35156   0.48427   1.00000   0.01070
Mn(4)   0.00000   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   0.00970
Ti   0.08010   0.08649   0.19765   0.90000   0.00850
Nb   0.08010   0.08649   0.19765   0.10000   0.00850
Si(1)   0.67880   0.27190   0.23130   1.00000   0.00950
Si(2)   0.81410   0.54670   0.25460   1.00000   0.01020
Si(3)   0.37980   0.67580   0.25660   1.00000   0.01020
Si(4)   0.50740   0.93180   0.23530   1.00000   0.00930
K(1a)   0.13320   0.26160   0.99540   0.87100   0.04510
Na(1b)   0.09700   0.18900   0.99700   0.12900   0.04510
Na   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.44100   0.01370
Ca   0.50000   0.00000   0.00000   0.05900   0.01370
O(1)   0.72830   0.31870   0.38320   1.00000   0.01200
O(2)   0.14840   0.15990   0.36860   1.00000   0.01290
O(3)   0.12860   0.39220   0.59360   1.00000   0.01160
O-H(4)   0.29720   0.46240   0.39900   1.00000   0.01300
O-H(5)   0.99270   0.11850   0.59380   1.00000   0.01370
O(6)   0.55720   0.25790   0.59130   1.00000   0.01220
O(7)   0.57470   0.01400   0.38780   1.00000   0.01230
O(8)   0.07440   0.59190   0.20270   1.00000   0.01560
O(9)   0.24670   0.03990   0.82730   1.00000   0.03280
O(10)   0.42840   0.41340   0.79830   1.00000   0.01540
O(11)   0.12620   0.80770   0.83050   1.00000   0.03320
O(12)   0.26310   0.95720   0.17170   1.00000   0.03180
O(13)   0.26820   0.60660   0.80630   1.00000   0.02200
O(14)   0.57200   0.22150   0.80200   1.00000   0.02180
O(15)   0.38220   0.19050   0.16830   1.00000   0.03230
F(16)   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.50000   0.01630
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Mn(1) 0.00820 0.00850 0.01170 0.00160 0.00200 0.00420
Na(1) 0.00820 0.00850 0.01170 0.00160 0.00200 0.00420
Mn(2) 0.00940 0.00990 0.01390 0.00250 0.00370 0.00590
Mn(3) 0.00940 0.00990 0.01400 0.00280 0.00350 0.00610
Mn(4) 0.00810 0.00730 0.01280 0.00090 0.00170 0.00400
Ti 0.00610 0.00810 0.01100 0.00150 0.00160 0.00420
Nb 0.00610 0.00810 0.01100 0.00150 0.00160 0.00420
Si(1) 0.00950 0.00700 0.01080 0.00090 0.00170 0.00330
Si(2) 0.01020 0.00780 0.01170 0.00140 0.00180 0.00400
Si(3) 0.00990 0.00770 0.01280 0.00130 0.00230 0.00490
Si(4) 0.00940 0.00820 0.01020 0.00120 0.00150 0.00460
Na 0.02070 0.01110 0.00760 0.00330 0.00180 0.00290
Ca 0.02070 0.01110 0.00760 0.00330 0.00180 0.00290
O(1) 0.01280 0.01060 0.01120 0.00210 0.00240 0.00360
O(2) 0.01300 0.01070 0.01040 0.00160 0.00050 0.00120
O(3) 0.01020 0.01160 0.01120 0.00160 0.00070 0.00410
O-H(4) 0.00950 0.01340 0.01630 0.00280 0.00220 0.00650
O-H(5) 0.01180 0.01350 0.01440 0.00410 0.00260 0.00420
O(6) 0.01100 0.01180 0.01240 0.00200 0.00170 0.00450
O(7) 0.01320 0.01280 0.01010 0.00250 0.00300 0.00440
O(8) 0.00960 0.01840 0.01540 0.00020 0.00180 0.00570
O(9) 0.02660 0.02890 0.01890 -0.01750 0.01100 -0.00190
O(10) 0.01190 0.02020 0.01600 0.00800 0.00210 0.00760
O(11) 0.05300 0.04590 0.01970 0.04290 0.01410 0.01600
O(12) 0.04330 0.03090 0.01600 0.02830 -0.00810 -0.00250
O(13) 0.03760 0.00920 0.01670 0.00240 0.00160 0.00570
O(14) 0.03680 0.01120 0.01740 0.00380 0.00450 0.00770
O(15) 0.02010 0.04460 0.01680 -0.01860 -0.00550 0.01430
F(16) 0.01630 0.01560 0.01820 0.00590 0.00480 0.00740

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.505 Å	(8)
2.642 Å	(8)
2.573 Å	(4)
2.099 Å	(3)
1.732 Å	(3)
3.249 Å	(1)
2.998 Å	(1)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
35 : Ultra-alkali and agpaitic igneous rocks

Type Occurrence of KupletskiteHide

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Kuivchorr Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
ⓘ Pegmatite No. 47, Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt, Seidozero Lake, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

General Appearance of Type Material:

In lamellar masses up to 5 X 3 X 1 cm, consisting of individual plates with perfect cleavage

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In natrolite central part of nepheline syenite pegmatites

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Neptunite

Natrolite

Manganese-bearing Pectolite

Eudialyte

Aegirine

Reference:

Semenov, E.I. (1956) Kupletskite - a new mineral of the astrophyllite group. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 108: 933-936.

Other Language Names for KupletskiteHide

German:Kupletskit

Russian:Куплетскит

Simplified Chinese:锰星叶石

Spanish:Kupletskita

Traditional Chinese:錳星葉石

Varieties of KupletskiteHide

Zinc-bearing Kupletskite

Relationship of Kupletskite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Kupletskite Group > Astrophyllite Supergroup

Other Members of this group:

Kupletskite-(Cs)	Cs₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1
Laverovite	K₂NaMn₇Zr₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1
Niobokupletskite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇(Nb,Ti)(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄(O,F)	Tric. 1 : P1

Forms a series with:

Astrophyllite	Astrophyllite-Kupletskite Series
Kupletskite-(Cs)	Kupletskite-Kupletskite-(Cs) Series

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

54 photos of Kupletskite associated with Aegirine	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆
26 photos of Kupletskite associated with Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆) · H₂O
15 photos of Kupletskite associated with Natrolite	Na₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀ · 2H₂O
14 photos of Kupletskite associated with Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉) · 2H₂O
14 photos of Kupletskite associated with Microcline	K(AlSi₃O₈)
10 photos of Kupletskite associated with Genthelvite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S
9 photos of Kupletskite associated with Serandite	NaMn²⁺₂Si₃O₈(OH)
9 photos of Kupletskite associated with Monazite-(Ce)	Ce(PO₄)
9 photos of Kupletskite associated with Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
8 photos of Kupletskite associated with Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.DC.	Bulgakite	Li₂(Ca,Na)Fe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄(F,O)(H₂O)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Hydroastrophyllite	(H₃O,K,Ca)₃(Fe,Mn)_5-65Ti₂Si₈(O,OH)₃₁	Tric.
9.DC.05	Lobanovite	K₂Na(Fe²⁺₄Mg₂Na)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
9.DC.05	Niobophyllite	(K,Na)₃(Fe,Mn)₆(Nb,Ti)₂Si₈(O,OH,F)₃₁	Tric.
9.DC.05	Zircophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Zr₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	Tric.
9.DC.05	Kupletskite-(Cs)	Cs₂NaMn²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Niobokupletskite	K₂NaMn²⁺₇(Nb,Ti)(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄(O,F)	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Nalivkinite	Li₂Na(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)₇Ti₂Si₈O₂₆(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Devitoite	[Ba₆(PO₄)₂(CO₃)][Fe²⁺₇(OH)₄Fe³⁺₂O₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂]	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Sveinbergeite	Ca(Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺)Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₅(H₂O)₄	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Tarbagataite	(K◻)Ca(Fe²⁺,Mn)₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₅	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Heyerdahlite	Na₃Mn₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F(H₂O)₂	Tric. 1 : P1
9.DC.05	Laverovite	K₂NaMn₇Zr₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	Tric. 1 : P1

Other InformationHide

Notes:

Melts easily before the blowpipe to a weakly magnetic dark
globule.

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for KupletskiteHide

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Scientia Sinica: 13(7): 1180-1183 (abstract in Chemical Abstracts: 64: 7460).

Semenov, E.I. (1956) Kupletskite - a new mineral of the astrophyllite group. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 108: 933-936 (in Russian).

Semenov, E.I. (1956) Kupletskite - a new mineral of the astrophyllite group. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 108: 933-936.

Fleischer, M. (1957) New mineral names. American Mineralogist. 42: 117-124. (abstract)

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1998) 253-264.

Piilonen, P.C., McDonald, A.M., and Lalonde, A.E. (2001) Kupletskite polytypes from the Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Kupletskite-1A and Kupletskite-Ma2b2c. European Journal of Mineralogy: 13: 973–984.

Piilonen, P. C., Lalonde, A. E., McDonald, A. M., Gault, R. A., Larsen, A. O. (2003) Insights into Astrophyllite-group minerals. I. Nomenclature, composition and development of standardized general formula. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (1) 1-26 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.1.1

Sokolova, Elena, Cámara, Fernando, Hawthorne, Frank C., Ciriotti, Marco E. (2017) The astrophyllite supergroup: nomenclature and classification. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (1) 143-153 doi:10.1180/minmag.2016.080.077

(2023) Kupletskite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Brazil
Minas Gerais Poços de Caldas ⓘ Bortolan quarry	Atencio et al. (1999)
Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia ⓘ Itatiaia alkaline complex	Rosa et al. (2018)

Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	166-175. +5 other references

China
Sichuan Liangshan Yi Huili County ⓘ Baicao Nb-Ta deposit	Falu Liu and Jiahui Chen (1982)

Greenland
Kujalleq Ilímaussaq complex ⓘ Kangerluarsuk Fjord	Christiansen et al. (1998)
Sermersooq Kangerlussuaq Fjord Amdrup Firth ⓘ Kentbrooksite occurrence	Perchiazzi ( 2000)

Guinea
Conakry Region ⓘ Los Archipelago (Los Islands)	Gerasimovskii et al. (Guinea) +8 other references
ⓘ Rouma Island	a magmatic marker of the evolution of the Central and Equatorial Atlantic. The Canadian Mineralogist (2) +1 other reference

Kazakhstan
Abai Region Tarbagatai Range Akzhaylyautas Mts (Akzhailyautas Mts; Akjaylautas Mts; Akzhalautas Mts) ⓘ Verkhnee Espe Massif (Verkhnee Espe deposit)	Stepanov et al. (2012)

Malawi
Southern Region Machinga ⓘ Junguni Hill	Bloomfield (1965) +5 other references

Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Midelt Province Midelt Cercle Aït Oufella Caïdat Amersid ⓘ Jebel Bou-Agrao	Khadem Allah (1993)

Norway
Telemark Porsgrunn Siktesøya ⓘ Brønnebukta	Larsen et al. (2010)
Vestfold Larvik Hedrum Lågendalen ⓘ Bratthagen 1	Larsen et al. (2010)
ⓘ Bratthagen 2	Berge (n.d.)
Lysebo ⓘ Lysebo roadcut	Larsen et al. (2010)
Viken Lunner ⓘ Gjerdingselva	Raade (1981) +2 other references
Nittedal ⓘ Delebekken Quarry ?	Kvamsdal (2018)

Romania
Harghita County ⓘ Ditrău Complex	Hirtopanu (2006)

Russia
Buryatia Mama River Basin Maigunda River ⓘ Burpala alkaline massif	Pekov (1998) +1 other reference
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif Kihlman Mountain ⓘ Khibiny Station	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
ⓘ Koashva Mt	PEKOV et al. (2013)
ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	Pekov et al. (2004)
ⓘ Maly Mannepakhk Mt (Malyi Mannepakhk Mt)
Yukspor Mt ⓘ Hackman Valley	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
ⓘ Lovchorrite Mine	Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie (2003)
Lovozersky District ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain	Pakhomovsky et al. (2014)
ⓘ Kuivchorr Mountain (TL)	World of Stones: 95: 5-6: 64. +3 other references
Seidozero Lake ⓘ Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt	Pekov (2003)
ⓘ Pegmatite No. 47 (TL)	Semenov E.I. (1972) +3 other references
Tuva Sangilen Upland ⓘ Korgeredaba alkaline massif	Kapustin et al. (1965)

South Africa
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality ⓘ Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex	Mitchell et al. (2004) +1 other reference

Tajikistan
Districts of Republican Subordination ⓘ Dara-i-Pioz Massif	Agakhanov et al. (2017)

Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast Azov Sea Region ⓘ Oktyabr'skii Massif	Sharygin (2015)
ⓘ Dmitrievskii quarry	Pekov I.V. et al. (Priazovie) +1 other reference
Mazurovskoe Zr deposit ⓘ Donskoy quarry	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)

USA
Arkansas Hot Spring County Magnet Cove ⓘ Diamond Jo Quarry	Smith (1988)
ⓘ Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry)	H. Barwood - unpublished (2010)
Pulaski County Little Rock ⓘ Granite Mountain area	Rocks and Minerals (1988) +1 other reference
ⓘ Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry)	Rocks and Minerals (1988) +2 other references
ⓘ Holiday Inn Quarry	Ron Layton Collection
New Mexico Colfax County Springer Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa) ⓘ Point of Rocks Quarry	Rocks & Min.:60:229. +1 other reference

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