Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lappajärvi Meteorite Crater, Lappajärvi, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 251653
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251653.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lappajärvi Meteorite Crater, Lappajärvi, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 63°12'0"N
Longitude: 23°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.2,23.7

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diamond	Feldspar	Mica	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*
Graphite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Offretite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Tridymite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diamond Feldspar Mica Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Spinel Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	146
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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