Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 231215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ounasvaara
Petäjävaara (Rosvohotu)
Sotkavaara
Vanttaus
Vinsa

Latitude: 66°23'17"N
Longitude: 25°41'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.388055555556,25.695555555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Isomertieite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Parisite	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(La) ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Geversite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majakite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sayrite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H La Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Isomertieite Melonite Nickeline None Parisite Pentlandite Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	49790,49792	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49789,49792	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49791	706
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49791	25
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1	49790	31
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49791	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49792	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49789,49792	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49790,49792	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49790	3902
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	49792	82
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49792	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	49791	2740
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	1	49790	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	49791	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49792	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49792	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49791	5433
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	49790	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	49790	116
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	49792	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	49790,49791	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1	49790	22
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	49790	155
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	49790	37
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	49791	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49790	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	49789,49790,49791,49792	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	49790,49792	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	49789,49790,49791,49792	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	49792	5614
Sayrite ()*	None	Pb₂(UO₂)₅O₆(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	49791	3
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	49790	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49792	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	49792	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49791	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49791	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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