Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 207474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vittangi, Kiruna Town, Kiruna, Norrbotten County, Sweden": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kuusi Nunasvaara
Nunasjärvenmaa
Paanikielinen
Vathanvaara
Venetvuoma

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	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Rutile	Scapolite	Spinel	Titanite

Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Edenite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*
Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Co Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	111984	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	111982	27770
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	111984	160
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	111984	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	111984	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	111984	5433
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	111984	116
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	111984	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	111982	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	111984	139
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	111984	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	111984	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	111984	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	111984	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	111982	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	111984	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	111982	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	111984	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	111984	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	111984	249
Temagamite ()*	None	Pd₃HgTe₃	1	111984	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	111984	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	111984	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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