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Locality Name:
Kiirunavaara Mine, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden


mindat Locality ID: 10589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10589.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 67°50'15"N
Longitude: 20°11'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.8375,20.185833333333
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteBerauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDufrénite
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteSerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Strengite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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