Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rapasaaret, Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1791
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1787

mindat Locality ID: 257750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rapasaaret, Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, 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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1791	1787	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1791	1787	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1791	1787	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1791	1787	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1791	1787	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1791	1787	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1791	1787	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1791	1787	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1791	1787	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1791	1787	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1791	1787	688

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_138	1791	1787	1789±2	U/Pb			columbite, tantalite			Yes				257747	Kaustinen, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland	Ullava	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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