Kovdorskite, Mg2PO4(OH)·3H2O, is a rare, hydrated, magnesium phosphate mineral. It was first described by Kapustin et al.,Kapustin, Y. L., Bykova, A. V. & Pudovkina, Z. V. (1980). Zap. Vses. Mineral. Ova. 109, 341-347 and is found only in the Kovdor Massif near Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia.Kovdorskite on Mindat.org It is associated with collinsite, magnesite, dolomite, hydrotalcite, apatite, magnetite, and forsterite.
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Further reading Subbotin, R. P. L. V. V., & Pakhomovsky, Y. A. (1998). A new type of scandium mineralization in phoscorites and carbonatites of the Kovdor massif, Russia. Canadian Mineralogist 36:971-980. Yakovenchuk V N, Ivanyuk G Y, Mikhailova Y A, Selivanova E A, Krivovichev S V (2006) Pakhomovskyite, Co3(PO4)2·8H2O, a new mineral species from Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist 44, 117-123