Original description: Тихоненкова, Р. П. Казакова, М. Е. [Tikhonenkova, R. P., Kazakova, M. E.], 1961. Власовит — новый силикат циркония из Ловозерского массива [Vlasovite — a new zirconium silicate from the Lovozero Massif] — Доклады Академии наук СССР [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR] 137 (4): 944—946 [
view in ‘Library’].
Type locality: Vavnbed Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.
Type material: Mining Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1037/1; Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow, Russia, 83207, vis5052; École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Paris, France (
Anthony et al., 2001—2005).
Etymology: named after Kuzma Alekseevich Vlasov, Russian mineralogist and geochemist.
Ascension Island; Canada: Sheffield Lake complex, Kipawa River, Quebec; Russia: Kola Peninsula; north of Lake Baikal, Siberia (