In hydrothermal alteration zones of carbonatites as encrustations with other later minerals on primary minerals. The Mg-dominant analogue of hochelagaite and franconite.
IMA Status:
Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)
Locality:
The central part of the Vuoriyarvi massif on the north shore of Vuoriyarvi Lake, North Karelia, Kola peninsula, Russia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Name Origin:
Named after Vladimir Ivanovich Ternovoi (1928�1980), economic geologist, a pioneer in studies of the Kovdor phlogopite depost.
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