Viitaniemi pegmatite, Eräjärvi area, Orivesi, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland

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Latitude: 61°35'4"N
Longitude: 24°40'38"E

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Note to the minerallist:

Crystals sold as Tapiolite-(Mn) has been showed by analysis (XRD & microprobe) to be "pseudotetragonal" tantalite-(Mn). (Info by Ilkka Mikkola 19.10.2011)

References

-Sandström, F. & Lahti, S.I. (2009): Viitaniemipegmatiten i Eräjärvi, Orivesi, Finland. Litofilen 26 (1): 11-38

Mineral List

Albite
var: Cleavelandite
Almandine
Amblygonite
'Amblygonite-Montebrasite Series'
Analcime
Anatase
Antimony
Arsenopyrite
Augelite
Azurite
Bertrandite
Beryl
Beryllonite
Biotite
Bismuth
Brazilianite
Ca-Huréaulite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
Cheralite-(Ce)
'Chlorite Group'
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite
Dravite
Elbaite

Eosphorite
Ernstite
Fairfieldite
Ferrisicklerite
Fluorapatite
var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Frondelite
Galena
Germanite
Goethite
Graphite
Herderite ?
Herzenbergite
Heterosite
Hureaulite
Hurlbutite
Illite
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jamesonite
Kaolinite
Kermesite
Lacroixite
Laueite
Lepidolite
Limonite
Lithiophilite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Malachite

Marcasite
Metaswitzerite
Metavivianite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Uranmicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
Mitridatite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite
Morinite
Muscovite
Orthoclase
Phosphosiderite
Pollucite
Purpurite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Reddingite
Rockbridgeite
Roméite Group
var: Stibiconite
Rutile
Schorl
Scorodite
Sénarmontite
Sicklerite

Siderite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
Stibnite
Strengite
Strunzite
Switzerite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
Tapiolite-(Fe) (TL)
~~Tapiolite-(Mn)~~
Tetrahedrite
Thorianite
Thorite
Topaz
Trilithionite
Triphylite
Triplite
Uraninite
Valentinite
Varulite
Väyrynenite (TL)
Viitaniemiite (TL)
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wardite
Wodginite
Zircon

119 entries listed. 105 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals). 1 erroneous literature entry.

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