Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rajapalot, Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 303240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rajapalot, Ylitornio, Lapland, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Palokas

Latitude: 66°17'28"N
Longitude: 23°42'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.291111111111,23.709722222222

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.

Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Au B Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Te Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	49825	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	49825	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	49825	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49825	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	49825	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	49825	648
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	49825	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	49825	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	49825	5433
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	49825	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	49825	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	49825	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	49825	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	49825	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	49825	4894
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	49825	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49825	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	49825	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49825	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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