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Locality Name:
Rantasalmi, Southern Savonia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 233840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233840.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Osikonmäki (Osikko)
Pirilä

Latitude: 62°2'54"N
Longitude: 28°12'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.048333333333,28.216111111111

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannite
TetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kawazulite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Troilite  (*)
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)21501363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1501368803
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb150136363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS250136,501379052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1501361966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11150136843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15013627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215013627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1501364165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3150136802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2150137327
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61501364135
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)150136180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1501368173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21501369617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15013624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu250136,5013730554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3150136104
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S315013654
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31501365433
Kawazulite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2Se15013632
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2150136762
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi15013688
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21501365674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1501364924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21501365800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215013617380
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te315013657
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)150136494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215013639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81501369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2250136,5013761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21501365614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1501364894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51501361516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15013621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4150136668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131501365317
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1501361044



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