Celite	A synonym of Brownmillerite
Dellaite	A valid IMA mineral species	Ca₆Si₃O₁₁(OH)₂
Sahlite	A synonym of Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Salite	A variety of Diopside	CaMgSi₂O₆
Saléeite	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂ · 10H₂O
Seelite	A valid IMA mineral species	Mg(UO₂)(As³⁺O₃)_0.7(AsO₄)_0.3 · 7H₂O
Seelite-1	Mg[(UO₂)(AsO₃)_x(AsO₄)_1-x]₂ · 7H₂O
Seelite-2	Mg(UO₂)(AsO₃)_x(AsO₄)_1-x · 7H₂O
Sillite	A rock subtype
Slate	A rock classification type
Zeolite	A synonym of Zeolite Group

IMA Classification of SellaiteHide

IMA status:

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

First published:

1869

Type description reference:

Strüver, J. (1869) Sulla sellaite, nuovo minerale di fluorio. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino: 4: 35-38.

Classification of SellaiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

3.AB.15

3 : HALIDES
A : Simple halides, without H₂O
B : M:X = 1:2

Dana 8th ed.:

9.2.2.1

9 : NORMAL HALIDES
2 : AX₂

Hey's CIM Ref.:

8.4.1

8 : Halides - Fluorides, Chlorides, Bromides and Iodides; also Fluoborates and Fluosilicates
4 : Halides of the alkaline earths and Mg

Mineral SymbolsHide

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

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Sel	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of SellaiteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Colourless, white; colourless in transmitted light.

Streak:

White

Hardness:

5 - 5½ on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

Perfect
On {010} and {110}.

Fracture:

Conchoidal

Density:

3.15 g/cm³ (Measured) 3.08 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of SellaiteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (+)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.378 n_ε = 1.39

Max. Birefringence:

δ = 0.012
Based on recorded range of RI values above.

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Surface Relief:

Moderate

Chemistry of SellaiteHide

Mindat Formula:

MgF₂

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
F	60.988 %
Mg	39.012 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

F, Mg - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of SellaiteHide

Crystal System:

Tetragonal

Class (H-M):

4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal

Space Group:

P4₂/mnm

Setting:

P4₂/mnm

Cell Parameters:

a = 4.6213(2) Å, c = 3.0519(1) Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 0.66

Unit Cell V:

65.18 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Crystals stout prismatic to acicular [001]. Fibrous aggregates.

Twinning:

On {011}.

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)
0009407	Sellaite	Baur W H, Khan A A (1971) Rutile-type compounds. VI. SiO2, GeO2 and a comparison with other rutile-type structures Acta Crystallographica B27 2133-2139	👁 Image	1971	0	293
0011754	Sellaite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Rutile structure Crystal Structures 1 239-444	1963	0	293
0009163	Sellaite	Baur W H (1956) Uber die verfeinerung der kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger vertreter des rutiltyps: TiO2, SnO2, GeO2 und MgF2 Acta Crystallographica 9 515-520	👁 Image	1956	0	293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.275 Å	(100)
2.231 Å	(95)
1.711 Å	(75)
2.067 Å	(35)
1.375 Å	(35)
1.635 Å	(30)
2.545 Å	(20)

Comments:

Synthetic. The data are from Swanson et al. (1955).

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4a: Earth’s earliest continental crust	>4.4-3.0
19 : Granitic intrusive rocks
Near-surface Processes
25 : Evaporites (prebiotic)
High-? alteration and/or metamorphism
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
Stage 7: Great Oxidation Event	<2.4
45b : [Other oxidized fumarolic minerals]
Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere	<0.6
50 : Coal and/or oil shale minerals	<0.36
Stage 10b: Anthropogenic minerals	<10 Ka
54 : Coal and other mine fire minerals (see also #51 and #56)

Geological Setting:

Evaporites, volcanic ejecta and fumeroles, marble, magnesites, alkalic granite.

Type Occurrence of SellaiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Gébroulaz glacier, Val Thorens, Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Les Belleville, Albertville, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Muséum Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, number 97.32, 180.52 (type).
Université Torino, Torino, Italy (type).

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In bituminous dolomite-anhydrite rock in a glacial moraine.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Anhydrite	Celestine	Dolomite	Fluorite	Native Sulphur
Quartz

Reference:

Strüver, J. (1869) Sulla sellaite, nuovo minerale di fluorio. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino: 4: 35-38.

Synonyms of SellaiteHide

Belonesite

Belonosite

Other Language Names for SellaiteHide

Czech:Sellait

Dutch:Sellaiet

German:Sellait
Belonesit
Belonosit

Italian:Sellaite

Russian:Селлаит

Spanish:Belonesita
Belonosita
Sellaita

Relationship of Sellaite to other SpeciesHide

Structurally related to group(s):

Rutile Group

M⁴⁺O₂

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

29 photos of Sellaite associated with Fluorite	CaF₂
14 photos of Sellaite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
13 photos of Sellaite associated with Sanidine	K(AlSi₃O₈)
10 photos of Sellaite associated with 'Magnesite-Siderite Series'
7 photos of Sellaite associated with Pseudobrookite	Fe₂TiO₅
7 photos of Sellaite associated with Beryl	Be₃Al₂(Si₆O₁₈)
6 photos of Sellaite associated with Mullite	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x
5 photos of Sellaite associated with Topaz	Al₂(SiO₄)(F,OH)₂
5 photos of Sellaite associated with Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
4 photos of Sellaite associated with Ferroaluminoceladonite	K(Fe²⁺Al◻)(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

3.AB.	Manuelarossiite	PbCaAlF₇	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.AB.	Fluorocronite	PbF₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
3.AB.05	Tolbachite	CuCl₂	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
3.AB.10	Coccinite	HgI₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/nmc
3.AB.20	Lawrencite	(Fe²⁺,Ni)Cl₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
3.AB.20	Scacchite	MnCl₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
3.AB.20	Chloromagnesite	MgCl₂	Trig. 3m(32/m) : R3m
3.AB.25	Fluorite	CaF₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
3.AB.25	Frankdicksonite	BaF₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
3.AB.25	Strontiofluorite	SrF₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
3.AB.30	Tveitite-(Y)	(Y, Na)₆Ca₆Ca₆(Ca,Na)F₄₂	Trig. 3 : R3
3.AB.35	Gagarinite-(Y)	NaCaYF₆	Hex. 6/m : P6₃/m
3.AB.35	Polezhaevaite-(Ce)	NaSrCeF₆	Hex. 6/m : P6₃/m
3.AB.35	Gagarinite-(Ce)	Na(REE_xCa_1-x)(REE_yCa_1-y)F₆	Trig. 3 : P3
3.AB.37	Calcioaravaipaite	PbCa₂AlF₉	Tric. 1 : P1
3.AB.85	Cotunnite	PbCl₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m)

Other InformationHide

Notes:

Crystals exhibit a pale violet light when warmed and cleaved.
Slightly soluble in water.

Very slightly soluble in water. Decomposed by concentrated H2SO4.

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 SellaiteHide

Reference List:

Strüver, J. (1869) Sulla sellaite, nuovo minerale di fluorio. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino: 4: 35-38. [detailed German abs. by Breithaupt in Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitung 28, 2010]

Strüver, J. (1869) Sulla sellaite, nuovo minerale di fluorio. Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino: 4: 35-38.

Scacchi, A. (1886) Sopra un Frammento di Antica Roccia Vulcanica Inviluppato Nella Lava Vesuviana Del 1872. Accademia Napoli, Memoria 1, no. 5: 20 pgs. (as belonesia / belonesite)

Sella (1887) Acc. Linc., Mem.: 4: 455.

Sella, A. (1888) Sellaite e minerali che l'accompagnano. Rivista di Mineralogia e Cristallografia Italiana: 3: 12-28.

Zambonini, F. (1892) Sulla identita della belonesite con le sellaite. Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, Rendiconti, Ser. 5: 18(1): 305-308.

Pelloux, A. (1919) La sellaite nel marmo di Carrara. Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rendiconti: 28: 284-287.

Goldschmidt (1922) 8: 34.

Buckley, H. E., Vernon, W. S. (1925) XCIV. The crystal structure of magnesium fluoride. The London, Edinburgh, And Dublin Philosophical Magazine And Journal Of Science, S. 6 Vol. 49 (293) 945-951 doi:10.1080/14786442508634672

Starraba (1930) Società geologica italiana, Rome, Bollettino: 48: 259 (as Zamboninite).

Heidorn, F. (1932) Über ein Vorkommen von Sellaite (MgF₂) in Paragenese mit Bitumen aus dem Hauptdolomit des mittleren Zechsteins bei Bleicherode. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paleontologie, Stuttgart, Abt. A: 356-364.

Sahama, Th.G. (1945) Abundance relation of fluorite and sellaite in rocks. Annales Academiæ Scientiarum Fennicæ, ser A: 3(9): 20 pgs.

Kühn, R. (1951) Sellaite as a saline mineral (Sellaite als salinares Mineral). Fortschritte der Mineralogie: 30(390): 1-19.

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.pp.37-39

Grigor'ev, I.F., Dolomanova, E.I. (1952) Sellaite from Eastern Transbaikalia. Trudy Mineral. Muzeya, Akademii Nauk SSSR: 4: 136-141.

Swanson, H.E., Fuyat, R.K., Ugrinic, G.M. (1955) Standard X-ray diffraction powder patterns. United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards Circular 539, 4, 33–34.

Baur, W. H. (1956) Über die Verfeinerung der Kristallstrukturbestimmung einiger Vertreter des Rutiltyps: TiO₂, SnO₂, GeO₂ und MgF₂ [On the refinement of the crystal structure determination of some representatives of the rutile type: TiO₂, SnO₂, GeO₂ and MgF₂]. Acta Crystallographica, 9 (6) 515-520 doi:10.1107/s0365110x56001388

Grigoriev, A.P., Brovkin, A.A. (1969) Study of the binary join sellaite-kotoite in the system MgO-MgF₂-B₂O₃. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 186: 1387-1390.

Baur, W. H. (1976) Rutile-type compounds. V. Refinement of MnO₂ and MgF₂. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 32 (7) 2200-2204 doi:10.1107/s0567740876007371

Pagano, Renato (1980) Quintino Sella, Mineralogist and Statesman. The Mineralogical Record, 11 (2) 107-108

Raade, Gunnar, Haug, Jan (1981) Morphology and Twinning of Sellaite from Gjerdingen, Norway. The Mineralogical Record, 12 (4) 231-232

Cassedanne, Jacques P., Resende, J.P. (1983) Sellaite from the Brumado Mine [Brazil]. The Mineralogical Record, 14 (3) 179-181

Beran, A., Zemann, J. (1985) Polarized absorption spectra of sellaite from the Brumado mine, Brazil, in the near infrared. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland: 57: 113-118.

(2005) Sellaite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Sikorska, M. (2008) Sellaite–first finding in Poland. Przegląd Geologiczny: 56: 453-454.

Pfaff, K., Staude, S., Markl, G. (2012) On the origin of sellaite (MgF₂)-rich deposits in Mg-poor environments. American Mineralogist, 97 (11) 1987-1997 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4113

Curetti, Nadia, Merli, Marcello, Capella, Silvana, Benna, Piera, Pavese, Alessandro (2019) Low-pressure ferroelastic phase transition in rutile-type AX₂ minerals: cassiterite (SnO₂), pyrolusite (MnO₂) and sellaite (MgF₂) Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46 (10) 987-1002 doi:10.1007/s00269-019-01057-7

Talla, Dominik, Beran, Anton, Škoda, Radek (2023) Natural and artificial OH defect incorporation into fluoride minerals at elevated temperature—a case study of sellaite, villiaumite and fluorite. Mineralogy and Petrology, 117 (2) 359-372 doi:10.1007/s00710-023-00824-3

Localities for SellaiteHide

Showing 85 localities.

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Angola
Huíla Province Quilengues ⓘ Mount Bonga	Amores-Casals et al. (2019)
Australia
Northern Territory Coomalie Shire Adelaide River ⓘ Brocks Creek	Edith Trybalski
South Australia Pastoral Unincorporated Area Bimbowrie Conservation Park Old Boolcoomata Station White Rock Feldspar Mine ⓘ White Rock No. 2 pegmatite	Elliott et al. (2024) +1 other reference
Olympic Dam ⓘ Olympic Dam Mine	Ehrig et al. (2012)
Tasmania Break O'Day municipality Blue Tier district Lottah ⓘ Anchor Mine	Ross
Kentish municipality Moina - Middlesex District ⓘ Shepherd and Murphy Mine	Bottrill et al. (2008)
Waratah-Wynyard municipality Heazlewood district Luina ⓘ Mt Cleveland Mine ?	www.crocoite.com (2001)
Waratah district Waratah-Mt Bischoff ⓘ Mount Bischoff Mine	Bottrill +2 other references
ⓘ Slaughteryard face 👁 Image	Bottrill et al. (2008)
West Coast municipality Zeehan mining district Zeehan mineral field Heemskirk Tin Project ⓘ Queen Hill	Young (1990)
ⓘ Severn deposit	Young (1990)
Brazil
Bahia Brumado Serra das Éguas ⓘ Pedra Preta pit 👁 Image	Cassedanne et al. (1983)
Canada
New Brunswick Kings Co. Cardwell Parish ⓘ Penobsquis	Grice et al. (2005)
ⓘ Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Mine (PCS Mine; Potash Corporation of America Mine)	Grice et al. (1996)
Hammond Parish Salt Springs evaporite deposit ⓘ Clover Hill deposit (Denison-Potacan mine; Potacan mine; Cassidy Potash mine)	Burns et al. (1992)
Studholm Parish ⓘ Millstream deposit (Millstream property)	Grice et al. (2005)
China
Hunan Chenzhou Beihu District Qitianling complex Furong Sn-polymetallic ore field Bailashui Sn deposit ⓘ No. 19 orebody	Chen et al. (2022)
Linwu Co. Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field ⓘ Xianghuapu Mine	Yuzhou Li (1990)
Yizhang Co. Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field ⓘ Jiepailing Mine	Yuzhou Li (1990)
Yongzhou Dao Co. ⓘ Weijia W deposit	Huang et al. (2022)
Inner Mongolia Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture) Bayan Obo mining district Bayan Obo Bayan Obo deposit ⓘ East Mine	Liu et al. (2022)
Sichuan Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture) Kangding County ⓘ Pianyanzi Au deposit	Weifan Ding (1983) +2 other references
France (TL)
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Savoie Albertville Les Belleville Saint-Martin-de-Belleville Val Thorens ⓘ Gébroulaz glacier (TL)	Bariand et al. (n.d.) +4 other references
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône-et-Loire Autun Lucenay-l'Evêque Cordesse ⓘ Maine Mine	Le règne Minérale +1 other reference
Occitanie Pyrénées-Orientales Céret Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste ⓘ Costabonne mines (Costabona mines)	Dubru. M (1986)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var Draguignan Tanneron ⓘ Fontsante Mine	Belot (1978) +1 other reference
Germany
Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Region Ortenaukreis Oberwolfach ⓘ Clara Mine	Walenta (1992) +1 other reference
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Maifeld Ochtendung ⓘ Wannenköpfe Quarry ?	Rondorf et al. (1988)
Mendig Bell ⓘ Rothenberg Quarry	Blass (2010)
Vordereifel Ettringen ⓘ Caspar quarry	Blass et al. (2006)
Vulkaneifel Daun Üdersdorf ⓘ Emmelberg	Hentschel (1978)
Kelberg Drees ⓘ Niveligsberg	Ko Jansen
Saxony-Anhalt ⓘ Staßfurt potash deposit	Wittern (2001)
Saxony Erzgebirgskreis Annaberg-Buchholz Kleinrückerswalde ⓘ Uranus Mine	Desor et al. (08/2020)
Thuringia Nordhausen District ⓘ Bleicherode	Heidorn (1932) +1 other reference
Greece
Attica East Attica Lavreotiki Km 3 Kaminiza mines ⓘ Esperanza Mine	Uwe Kolitsch and Branko Rieck analyses (see also http://lavrion.gr/Minerals/Updates.html)
Italy
Campania Metropolitan City of Naples ⓘ Mount Vesuvius	Palache et al. (1951) +1 other reference
Ottaviano ⓘ Vesuvius fumaroles on eastern crater rim	Russo et al. (2014)
ⓘ Vesuvius fumaroles	Russo et al. (2014)
Salerno Nocera Inferiore ⓘ Fiano tuff quarries	Flamini (1966) +3 other references
Piedmont Metropolitan City of Turin Oulx Signols ⓘ Signols Quarries	- (n.d.) +1 other reference
Sicily Metropolitan City of Catania Etna Volcanic Complex ⓘ Mount Etna	- (n.d.) +1 other reference
Tuscany Massa-Carrara Province ⓘ Carrara	Palache et al. (1951) +3 other references
Torano quarrying basin ⓘ La Piastra Quarry	Pelloux (1919) +6 other references
Kazakhstan
Atyrau Region Inder District ⓘ Inder B deposit and salt dome	Pekov et al. (1993)
East Kazakhstan Region ⓘ Shok-Karagai deposit	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Karaganda Region Balkhash Kounrad Massif ⓘ East Kounrad Mo-W deposit	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.)
Kenya
Tharaka-Nithi County ⓘ	Waweru (2020)
Namibia
Erongo Region Karibib Constituency Usakos ⓘ Ebony Farm (Namibfontein 91)	...
Norway
Akershus Eidsvoll Minnesund ⓘ Byrud Emerald Mines
Lunner ⓘ Gjerdingselva	Sæbø (1966) +2 other references
Peru
Ancash Bolognesi Province Huallanca District Huanzala ⓘ Huanzala Mine	Imai et al. (1985) +2 other references
Poland
Silesian Voivodeship Wodzisław County Radlin ⓘ Marcel mine heap ?	Kruszewski et al. (2020)
Portugal
Guarda Gouveia Folgosinho ⓘ Sítio do Castelo Mine	Found by and in the collection of ...
Russia
Bashkortostan Beloretsk district Ishlya ⓘ Suran deposit	Ларионов Н.Н. +1 other reference
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Chelyabinsk coal basin	Cesnokov et al. (1998)
Kamchatka Krai Milkovsky District ⓘ Tolbachik Volcanic field	Pekov (1998)
Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture) Northern Breakthrough (North Breach) ⓘ First scoria cone	Pekov et al. (2015)
ⓘ Northern fumarole field	Pekov et al. (2015) +1 other reference
ⓘ Second scoria cone	Vergasova L P et al. (1996)
ⓘ Glavnaya Tenoritovaya fumarole (Major Tenorite)	Pekov et al. (2015)
Mountain 1004 ⓘ Southern fumarole field	Shchipalkina et al. (2020)
ⓘ Western paleo-fumarole field	Pekov et al. (2018)
Primorsky Krai Khorolsky District ⓘ Voznesenskii ore district	Bailey (1980)
ⓘ Pogranichnoe deposit (Pogranichny deposit)	Krymsky et al. (2003, April)
ⓘ Voznesenskoe-II Mine	Ryazantseva (2001)
ⓘ Yaroslavskoye Sn/fluorite Deposit	Pekov (1998)
Republic of Karelia Pitkyarantsky District Kitelya ⓘ Kitelskoe Sn-Zn deposit	V.A. Gorelov (1997)
Pitkyaranta mining district ⓘ Lupikko Mine	Ivashchenko et al. (2011, September)
Zabaykalsky Krai Nerchinsky District ⓘ Nerchinsk	Palache et al. (1951)
Spain
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province La Palma Cumbre Vieja Area ⓘ Tajogaite Volcano	Campeny et al. (2023)
Tenerife ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
Arico ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
Arona ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
Granadilla de Abona ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ	Dill et al. (2023)
Tanzania
Arusha region Ngorongoro District ⓘ Ol Doinyo Lengai	Mitchell (1997)
USA
Colorado Dolores County Rico Mountains Rico Mining District (Pioneer Mining District) Silver Creek Rico Argentine Mine ⓘ Argentine tunnel	Eckel et al. (1997)
Jefferson County South Platte Pegmatite Mining District ⓘ Dazie Bell claim	Simmons et al. (1980)
Uzbekistan
Tashkent Chatkal-Kuraminskii Range ⓘ Sargardon	Badalov et al. (1975)
Zambia
Muchinga Province Isoka District Isoka ⓘ Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite)	Zambezi et al. (1997)

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