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Locality Name:
Näätäniemi, Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 143817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Näätäniemi, Kuhmo, Kainuu, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ensilä
Serpentinite Outcrops

Latitude: 64°17'23"N
Longitude: 29°5'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.289722222222,29.083611111111

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 Cr Fe H Mg Mn O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloriteClayCorundumNoneOlivinePyroxeneSerpentineSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4249662,49663708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14966327770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41496623902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81496631756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61496634135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1496621188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO314966370
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314966214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31496625433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4149662359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414966214899
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3149662244
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2249662,496632562



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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