Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Malax, Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 282764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malax, Ostrobothnia, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Petolahti (Petalax)

Latitude: 62°48'47"N
Longitude: 21°21'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.813055555556,21.3575

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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: Ag C Ca Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Violarite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49988	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49988	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49988	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49988	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49988	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49988	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49988	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49988	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49988	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49988	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	49988	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49988	21482
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	49988	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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