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Locality Name:
Paasivaara Reef, Penikat Complex, Lapland, Finland


mindat Locality ID: 33302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paasivaara Reef, Penikat Complex, Lapland, Finland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 65°48'40"N
Longitude: 24°58'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 65.811111111111,24.976944444444
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: As Bi Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Ca Cu Fe Mg Ni O Pd Pt S Sb Si Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteIsomertieiteMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Braggite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cooperite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)
Kotulskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Stibiopalladinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S40101
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cooperite  (*)NonePtS0124
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2048
Kotulskite  (*)NickelinePd(Te,Bi)2-x (x ≈ 0.4)0116
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2075


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