Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vittinki Mn-Fe Formation, Seinäjoki-Lapua, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

mindat Locality ID: 12020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vittinki Mn-Fe Formation, Seinäjoki-Lapua, South Ostrobothnia, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Spinel

Alabandite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Kanoite ()*	Kinoshitalite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxferroite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Taramellite ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Braunite Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Humite Mica Nickeline
None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	312
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	84
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Kanoite ()*	Pyroxene	MnMgSi₂O₆	7
Kinoshitalite ()*	Mica Clay	BaMg₃(Si₂Al₂O₁₀)(OH)₂	20
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyroxferroite ()*	None	Fe²⁺SiO₃	17
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Taramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Fe³⁺,Ti)₄O₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	8
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	240
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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