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Locality Name:
Laanila, Inari, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 287735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laanila, Inari, Lapland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oiva Dyke

Latitude: 68°20'30"N
Longitude: 27°18'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 68.341666666667,27.313055555556

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: Ag As Au Ba Bi Co Cu Fe H I Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetradymiteWurtziteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1497152793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1497159052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14971511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1497151966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214971527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS149715966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1497154165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14971524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1497157437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14971530554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te149715804
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI149715180
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21497155800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214971539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214971561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21497155614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14971521482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3149715276
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1497155251



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