Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Simontaival, Ranua, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 251912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simontaival, Ranua, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Molybdenite	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fletcherite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba Ca Co Cu F Fe Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Co Cu F Fe Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Molybdenite None Pyroxene Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄	13
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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