Original description: ‘Чароит’ Рогова, В. П., Рогов, Ю. Г., Дриц, В. А., Кузнецова, Н. Н., [Rogova, V. P., Rogov, Y. G., Drits, V. A., Kuznetsova, N. N.], 1978. Чароит — новый минерал и новый ювелирно-поделочный камень [Charoite — a new mineral, and a new jewelеry stone] — Записки Всесоюзного минералогического общества [Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva] 107 (1): 94—100 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Murun Massif, [Aldan Shield, Republic Sakha, Russia] ([Rogova, Rogov, Drits, Kuznetsova], 1978: 94).
Type material: University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 24352; Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: for the type locality, near Chara River.
In the Murun Massif, Aldan Shield, on the border of Republic Sakha and Irkutskaya Oblast, Russia (