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Locality Name:
Rometölväs Reef, Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 252297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rometölväs Reef, Pudasjärvi, North Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°36'60"N
Longitude: 27°37'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.616666666667,27.620833333333
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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H La Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H La Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteEpidote
MeloniteMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePseudobrookitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteUllmannite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Loveringite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe0489
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Loveringite  (*)Crichtonite(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O3809
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl0139
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe20207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O50164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te30276
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe2064


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