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Locality Name:
Taipalsaari, South Karelia, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 305642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taipalsaari, South Karelia, Finland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Telkkälä Ni Mine

Latitude: 61°10'43"N
Longitude: 28°1'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 61.178611111111,28.030277777778
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 As Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBerylChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
SphaleriteSpinelVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O150088445
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215008827198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181500881008
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2150088327
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1500887437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315008814640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415008814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21500885674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs150088633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS150088767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81500881512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215008839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81500889056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15008821482
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4150088380


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