Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penikat Complex, Lapland, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 33457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penikat Complex, Lapland, Finland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ala-Penikka Reef
Paasivaara Reef
Sompujärvi Reef

Latitude: 65°52'47"N
Longitude: 25°4'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.879722222222,25.068611111111

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	Auricupride	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Digenite
Feldspar	Iron	Isomertieite	Melonite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braggite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cooperite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Erlichmanite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*	Keithconnite ()*
Konderite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laflammeite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majakite ()*	Malanite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Millerite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Roxbyite ()*
Silver ()*	Skaergaardite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vysotskite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zvyagintsevite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Baddeleyite Baryte Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Digenite
Feldspar Iron Isomertieite Melonite Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Ullmannite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	49773	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	49773	1036
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	49770	67
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	49770,49771	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	49773	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	49773	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	49773	5516
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	4	49770,49771,49772,49773	101
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	49773	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	49770,49771,49772,49773	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	49772,49773	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	49773	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	49770	966
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	49771	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	49772	3846
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	2	49772,49773	34
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	49773	1027
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	49770,49772	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	49773	110
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	49770	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	49770,49772,49773	30554
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	3	49770,49772,49773	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	49773	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	2	49771,49772	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	49773	40
Konderite ()*	None	PbCu₃Rh₈S₁₆	1	49773	4
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	3	49770,49771,49772	116
Laflammeite ()*	None	Pd₃Pb₂S₂	1	49773	7
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	49772,49773	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	49771	14899
Majakite ()*	None	PdNiAs	1	49770	22
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	1	49773	35
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2	49770,49771	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	49773	1066
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	49770	37
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	49770	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	49770,49771,49772	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	49770,49772	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	49770,49771	9056
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	49773	27
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	49772	5186
Skaergaardite ()*	Iron	PdCu	1	49773	10
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	3	49770,49771,49772	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	49770	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	49771	75
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	49773	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	49773	4899
Vysotskite ()*	None	PdS	2	49770,49773	53
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	49773	5251
Zvyagintsevite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pd₃Pb	1	49773	32

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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