Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paanikielinen, Vittangi, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden

mindat Locality ID: 10581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paanikielinen, Vittangi, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Copper	Corundum	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Rutile	Scapolite
Spinel	Titanite

Calaverite ()*	Edenite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kotulskite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Marialite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siegenite ()*	Temagamite ()*	Titanite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Au Bi Ca Cl Co Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi Ca Cl Co Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Copper Corundum Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Rutile Scapolite
Spinel Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	249
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	139
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	133
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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