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Locality Name:
Tohmajärvi, North Karelia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 252686
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252686.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tohmajärvi, North Karelia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Oriselkä Pegmatite
Surmasuo S Pegmatite

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

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: Al As B Be Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteArsenopyriteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteHureauliteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteRutile
SphaleriteSpinelTourmalineVivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bityite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pollucite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Sarcopside  (*)Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)249885,498868803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1498851627
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1498859052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2149885606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18249885,498864286
Bityite  (*)Mica ClayCaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)214988531
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2249885,498865171
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6149885289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)149885520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1498862740
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4149885350
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)149886204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O149885125
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)149885155
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2249885,49886762
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O14988566
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21498855674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)249885,498864924
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)249885,49886200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2249885,4988617380
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O149885140
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)14988580
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249885,4988639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249885,4988661156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5149885206
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)214988658
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)249885,498862705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)14988566
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14988621482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6149886688
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6149886211
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)149886313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21498862718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O249885,49886636



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