Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Inari, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 233819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Inari, Lapland, Finland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ivalojoki
Laanila
Lemmenjoki
Sotajoki River
Suhuvaara

Latitude: 68°36'29"N
Longitude: 27°6'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.608055555556,27.114166666667

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.

Acanthite	Allanite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite
Garnet	Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stillwaterite
Tapiolite	Tetradymite	Wurtzite	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 Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H I Ir K Mg Mn Mo Nb Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allanite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Arthurite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite
Garnet Iron Isomertieite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stillwaterite
Tapiolite Tetradymite Wurtzite Zircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atokite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltarthurite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cooperite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hongshiite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Iron ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*	Kitagohaite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Laurite ()*	Luberoite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Miessiite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarsite ()*
Palladseite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ruarsite ()*
Rustenburgite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Törnroosite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vincentite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Xingzhongite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	49715	2793
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	49723	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	49717,49719	2353
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2	49713,49718	31
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	49715,49718	9052
Atokite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Sn	1	49718	29
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	49715,49723	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	49719	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49715	1966
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	4	49713,49718,49719,49722	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	49719,49723	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	49718,49719	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	49715,49718,49723	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	49718	3902
Cobaltarthurite ()*	Arthurite	CoFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	49719	5
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	49715,49718	966
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	49719	518
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	3	49713,49718,49722	124
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	49721	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	49715	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	49718	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	49717	2970
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	3	49713,49718,49722	31
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	2	49718,49722	34
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	3	49713,49718,49722	110
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	2	49717,49719	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	49719	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	49723	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	49715,49718	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	49715,49723	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	49715,49717,49718,49719,49721,49722	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49719	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	49717,49718,49719,49721	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	49715	804
Hongshiite ()*	None	PtCu	3	49713,49718,49722	27
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	49717,49718,49719,49723	5433
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	1	49715	180
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	3	49713,49718,49722	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	49713	162
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	49717,49719	1089
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	5	49713,49717,49718,49719,49722	128
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	3	49713,49718,49722	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	49718	40
Kitagohaite ()*	None	Pt₇Cu	2	49713,49716	3
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	49718	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	3	49713,49718,49722	226
Luberoite ()*	None	Pt₅Se₄	2	49713,49718	3
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	49717,49718,49719,49721,49723	14899
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	49718	44
Miessiite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Te₂Se₂	1	49718	1
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	49715,49718	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	3	49717,49719,49723	945
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	2	49718,49722	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49721	17380
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	2	49718,49722	16
Palladseite ()*	None	Pd₁₇Se₁₅	1	49718	6
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49718	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49718	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	49723	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	2	49718,49719	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	49715,49718,49723	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	49717	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	49718,49723	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	49715,49718,49719,49723	61156
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1	49718	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	3	49713,49718,49722	34
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	49715,49717,49718	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	49716	4894
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	5	49713,49717,49718,49719,49722	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49715	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	49718	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	49718	75
Stillwaterite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	2	49718,49722	24
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	49717	703
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	49719	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	49719	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	49716	88
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	49715	276
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	2	49718,49719	236
Törnroosite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁As₂Te₂	1	49718	4
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	49718	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	49716	605
Vincentite ()*	None	Pd₃As	1	49718	17
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	1	49718	53
Xingzhongite ()*	Spinel	Pb²⁺Ir³⁺₂S₄	1	49718	7
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	49715,49717,49718,49719,49723	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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