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Locality Name:
Rompas, Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 256945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rompas, Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°27'57"N
Longitude: 24°48'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.465833333333,24.801944444444
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteCubaniteDigenite
FluoriteMeloniteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTitaniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hunchunite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montbrayite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe20361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hunchunite  (*)NoneAu2Pb06
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi088
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Montbrayite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)23(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)38019
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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