Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Alavus, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 250604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alavus, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hunnakko
Töysä

Latitude: 62°36'49"N
Longitude: 23°35'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.613611111111,23.599166666667

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.

Allanite	Alluaudite	Amorphous	Apatite	Beryl	Childrenite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Mica	None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Tengerite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(Y) ()*	Alluaudite ()*	Almandine ()*
Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Childrenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Formanite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Tengerite-(Y) ()*
Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Willemite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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: Al As B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ta U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alluaudite Amorphous Apatite Beryl Childrenite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Mica None Phenakite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Tengerite Tourmaline Vivianite Wagnerite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50095	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	50096	706
Allanite-(Y) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaY(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	50096	28
Alluaudite ()*	Alluaudite	NaMnFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃	1	50095	94
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	50095	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	50095	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	50095	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	50096	94
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	50095	93
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	50096	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	50096	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	50096	9617
Formanite-(Y) ()*	None	YTaO₄	1	50096	13
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	50096	163
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	50095	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	50095	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	50095	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	50095	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	50095	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	50096	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	50095	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	50096	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	50095	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	50095	2705
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	1	50096	24
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	50095	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	50095	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	50095	636
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	50096	303
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	50096	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	50096	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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