Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lahnaslampi Talc Deposit, Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 26319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lahnaslampi Talc Deposit, Sotkamo, Kainuu, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 64°8'0"N
Longitude: 28°25'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 64.133333333333,28.416666666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Hexahydrite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Hexahydrite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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