[3] Together with feklichevite, fengchengite, ikranite and mogovidite it is a ferric-iron-dominant representative of the group.

[2][3] Golyshevite was named after Russian crystallographer Vladimir Mikhailovich Golyshev.

[3] Golyshevite and mogovidite were found in calcium-bearing peralkaline pegmatites of the Kovdor massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia.

Minerals associated with golyshevite are aegirine-augite, calcite, cancrinite, hedenbergite, orthoclase, pectolite, tacharanite, and thomsonite-Ca.

[3] Impurities in golyshevite include chlorine, potassium, manganese, aluminium, cerium and lanthanum.