Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Pieksämäki, Southern Savonia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 233387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pieksämäki, Southern Savonia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ankele Dolomite Quarry
Virtasalmi Copper Mine

Latitude: 62°5'0"N
Longitude: 27°26'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.083333333333,27.433333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	Garnet	Ludwigite	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wurtzite

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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: As B C Ca Co Cu Fe Mg Mo Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite Garnet Ludwigite Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	50131	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	50131	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	50131	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	50131	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	50131	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	50131	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	50130	9895
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	50131	5433
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	50131	249
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	50131	134
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	50131	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	50131	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	50131	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	50130,50131	5800
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	50131	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	50131	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50131	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	50131	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	50130,50131	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	50131	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	50131	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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