Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Polvijärvi, North Karelia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 233388
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233388.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Polvijärvi, North Karelia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Horsmanaho Talc Quarry
Lipasvaara Mine

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	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49882	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49882	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49882	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49882	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	49882	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49882	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49882	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	49882	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	49883	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	49882	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49882	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49882	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49882	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	49882	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49882,49883	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49882	9056
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	49882,49883	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49882	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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