Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Field, Northern Savonia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 25272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuopio-Kaavi Diamond Field, Northern Savonia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pipe 7

Latitude: 63°1'48"N
Longitude: 28°34'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 63.03,28.579444444444

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Djerfisherite	Garnet	Mica	None	Olivine
Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite

Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Richterite ()*	Spinel ()*
Titanite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Djerfisherite Garnet Mica None Olivine
Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	49967	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	0		60
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	0		70
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		20
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	0		153
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		341
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		148
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	0		120
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	0		109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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