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Locality Name:
Tervola, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 233822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tervola, Lapland, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kivimaa
Pukinselkä

Latitude: 66°13'26"N
Longitude: 24°58'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.223888888889,24.977222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SpinelStibniteTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21498193419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1498198803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1498199052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1498191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31498191935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)249819,4982027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1498195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214981927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1498194165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21498199895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1498198173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14981924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14981930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3249819,4982014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31498195433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414981914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21498195674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214981917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249819,4982039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81498199056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249819,4982061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21498195614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1498194899



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