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Locality Name:
Sääskilampi, Ranua, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 251913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sääskilampi, Ranua, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°1'4"N
Longitude: 26°39'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.017777777778,26.659166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMica
MilleriteNatroliteNickelineNonePectolitePentlanditePyroxeneSodaliteSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteThomsoniteTitaniteVesuvianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Banalsite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Millerite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O16022
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O0232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0444
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O16010
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)2027
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395


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