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Locality Name:
Topaz Quarry, Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 250626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topaz Quarry, Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 60°34'36"N
Longitude: 26°53'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 60.576666666667,26.897777777778

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Berthierine ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Böhmite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Dickite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Ixiolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*
Prosopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Vermiculite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	59
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	289
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	16
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	56
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	148
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Prosopite ()*	None	CaAl₂F₄(OH)₄	39
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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