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Locality Name:
Nurmo, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1804
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1800

mindat Locality ID: 260101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nurmo, Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kalliosalo
P-K Pegmatite

Latitude: 62°45'11"N
Longitude: 22°56'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.753055555556,22.945555555556
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 Au B Ba Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArrojaditeArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
CopperFillowiteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineUllmanniteVivianiteZinkenite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurostibite  (*)Barićite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Johnsomervilleite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pääkkönenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Seinäjokite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb18041800150109363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS180418001501099052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb21804180015010973
Barićite  (*)Vivianite(Mg,Fe)3(PO4)2·8H2O180418001501107
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S418041800150109343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18180418001501104286
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1118041800150109843
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb18041800150109175
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21804180015010927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS218041800150109162
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6180418001501094135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F180418001501102740
Gold  (*)CopperAu1804180015010930554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS18041800150109170
Johnsomervilleite  (*)FillowiteNa3CaFe2+11(PO4)91804180015011011
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS218041800150109230
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs218041800150109762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2180418001501095674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218041800250109,5011017380
Pääkkönenite  (*)StibniteSb2AsS2180418001501098
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21804180015010939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8180418001501099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21804180015010961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)180418001501102705
Seinäjokite  (*)LöllingiteFeSb2180418001501094
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O318041800150109179
Arrojadite-(BaFe)  (*)ArrojaditeBaFe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)2180418001501107
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1804180015010921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3180418001501093418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13180418001501095317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O180418001501094899
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS18041800150109293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O318041800150109369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O18041800150110636
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S4218041800150109228


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_136180418001802±2U/Pb tapionite  Yes  1661Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia, FinlandSeinäjokiMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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