Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sotkavaara, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 271939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sotkavaara, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°27'34"N
Longitude: 26°16'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.459444444444,26.272777777778

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	Chalcopyrite	Isomertieite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Stillwaterite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopalladinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Geversite ()*
Isomertieite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Majakite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Palladoarsenide ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sperrylite ()*

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: As Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Isomertieite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Stillwaterite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	31
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Geversite ()*	Pyrite	PtSb₂	38
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	48
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	22
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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