Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saattopora, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 13136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saattopora, Kittilä, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°47'36"N
Longitude: 24°24'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 67.793333333333,24.406666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Sulphur Talc

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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