Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ranua, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 252690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ranua, Lapland, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sääskilampi
Simontaival

Latitude: 66°1'4"N
Longitude: 26°39'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.017777777778,26.658888888889

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	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pectolite	Pentlandite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Banalsite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Fletcherite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maucherite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stronalsite ()*	Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Mica Millerite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Pectolite Pentlandite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Thomsonite Titanite Vesuvianite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	49785,49786	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	49785,49786	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	49785,49786	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	49785,49786	2060
Banalsite ()*	None	Na₂BaAl₄Si₄O₁₆	1	49785	22
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49786	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49785	5516
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	49785	232
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	49786	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	49785,49786	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	49785	577
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49785	966
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄	1	49786	13
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	49786	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49786	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49785	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	49785	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	49785,49786	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	49785,49786	14899
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	1	49785	161
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	49785	425
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	49785	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49786	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	49785	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	49785	633
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	49785	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49785	1512
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	49786	244
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2	49785,49786	249
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	49785	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49786	21482
Stronalsite ()*	None	Na₂SrAl₄Si₄O₁₆	1	49785	10
Tetraferriphlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	49785	27
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	49785	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	49785,49786	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	49785	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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