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Locality Name:
Laitila, Southwest Finland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 284126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laitila, Southwest Finland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Amazonite Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Th Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaMilariteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTopazZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1501608803
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181501604286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15016027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21501605171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215016027198
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O150160303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O15016010
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21501609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15016024243
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O15016085
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1501604924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O150160156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21501605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215016017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215016039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81501609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215016061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15016021482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1501601006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21501601476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1501605251



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