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References:
- A.E. Nordenskiöld (1863) Beskrifning över de i Finland funna Mineralier, Helsingfors (in Swedish).
- Erkki Aurola, Ed. (1954): The Mines and Quarries of Finland. Geological Survey of Finland, Helsinki.
- Aarne Laitakaari, comp. by (1967): Suomen mineraalien hakemisto- Index of Finnish minerals with bibliography. Bull.de la Commission de Finlande No 230, Otaniemi. (in Finnish)
- Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp. (in German)
- Kai Hytönen (1999): Suomen Mineraalit. Geologian tutkimuskeskus. Erillisjulkaisu, Jyväskylä, 399 pp. (in Finnish)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Actinolite
Aegirine-augite
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Alkali Feldspar'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
var: Chromian Allanite-(Ce)
Allargentum
Alluaudite
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Altaite
Amblygonite
Amesite
'Amphibole Group'
var: Uralite
Analcime
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andorite
Andradite
Anduoite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite
Anthophyllite
Antigorite
Antimony
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Argentopentlandite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arsenolite
Arsenopalladinite
Arsenopyrite
'Asbestos'
'Asphaltum'
Atokite
Augelite
Augite
'Auralite'
Aurostibite
Axinite-(Mn)
Baddeleyite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bavenite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Beryllonite
Betafite
var: Tantalbetafite
β-Fergusonite-(Ce)
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Braggite
Brannerite
Breithauptite
Britholite-(Y)
Brucite
Ca-Huréaulite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cancrinite
Cassiterite
var: Ainalite
Cattierite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
Childrenite
'Chlorite Group'
Chondrodite
Chromdravite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysotile
Clausthalite
Clinochlore
var: Chromian Clinochlore
var: Pennine
Clinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
Cobaltite
Cobaltpentlandite (TL)
Coffinite
Coloradoite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
'Columbite-Tantalite'
Cookeite
Cooperite
Copper
Cordierite
Corundum
Costibite
Covellite
Crandallite
var: Strontian Crandallite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuproiridsite
Cuprorhodsite
Datolite
Diamond
Diaspore
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Dissakisite-(Ce)
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
Dravite
Dumortierite
Dyscrasite
Edenite
Elbaite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Eosphorite
Epidote
var: Tawmawite
Erlichmanite
Eskolaite (TL)
Euclase
Eucryptite
Euxenite-(Y)
Fairfieldite
Fayalite
Ferberite
Fergusonite-(Ce)
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferroalluaudite
Ferrogedrite
Ferronigerite-6N6S (TL)
Ferrorhodsite
Ferroselite
Ferrosilite
Ferrotaaffeite-6N'3S (TL)
Ferrowodginite (TL)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluor-cannilloite (TL)
Fluorite
Fluoro-edenite
Forsterite
Frohbergite
 Frondelite
Froodite
'Gadolinite'
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galena
var: U-Galena
'Garnet Group'
Gedrite
Geikielite
Genthelvite
Geocronite
Germanite
Gersdorffite
var: Cobaltoan Gersdorffite
Geversite
'Gigantolite'
Glaucodot
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Goldamalgam
Graphite
Greenockite
Grossular
'Grossular-Hibschite Series'
Grunerite
Gudmundite
Gypsum
Haapalaite (TL)
Halite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hastingsite
Heazlewoodite
Hedleyite
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
Herderite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Heterosite
Hibbingite
Hisingerite
var: Degeroite
Hollingworthite
Hongshiite
'Hornblende'
Hureaulite
Hurlbutite
Huttonite
var: Cerphosphorhuttonite
Hydroniumjarosite
Hypersthene
Iddingsite
Ikunolite
Illite
Ilmenite
Irarsite
Iron
Isoferroplatinum
Isomertieite
Ixiolite (TL)
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jaipurite
Jamesonite
Jordanite
Joséite-B
Kaatialaite (TL)
Kainosite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Karelianite (TL)
Kawazulite
Keithconnite
var: Plumbian Keithconnite
Kermesite
Kësterite
'K Feldspar'
Kitkaite (TL)
Kornerupine
Kostovite
Kotulskite
Krennerite
Kullerudite (TL)
Laflammeite (TL)
Laitakarite (TL)
Laueite
Laurite
Lazulite
Lead
Lepidolite
Limonite
Linnaeite
Lithiophilite
Lizardite
Lokkaite-(Y) (TL)
Löllingite
Luberoite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
Magnetite
var: Titaniferous Magnetite
Majakite
Mäkinenite (TL)
Malanite
Maldonite
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganogrunerite
Marcasite
Margarite
Mattagamite
Maucherite
'Melnikovite'
Melonite
var: Palladian Melonite
Meneghinite
Merenskyite
Merrillite
'Mertieite'
Mertieite-I
Mertieite-II
Metaswitzerite
Metavivianite
Michenerite
Microcline
Microlite
Miessiite (TL)
Milarite
Millerite
Molybdenite
'Molybdenite Group'
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Moncheite
Montbrayite
Montebrasite
Montmorillonite
Moraesite
Morinite
Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Nahcolite
Naumannite
Nepheline
Nickeline
Nisbite
Norbergite
Olenite
'Olivine'
Opal
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Osarsite
Pääkkönenite (TL)
Palladoarsenide
Palladseite
Paragonite
Paraguanajuatite
Parasymplesite
Pargasite (TL)
Pectolite
Penroseite
Pentlandite
var: Argentian Pentlandite
 'Perthite'
Petalite
Petzite
Phlogopite
Phosphosiderite
Pilsenite
Platarsite
Pollucite
Polydymite
Potassicpargasite (TL)
Powellite
Prehnite
Purpurite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
var: Cobaltoan Pyrite
Pyroaurite
'Pyrobitumen
var: Thucholite'
Pyrochlore
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxferroite
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Jasper
var: Rose Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Ramdohrite
Reddingite
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rockbridgeite
Roxbyite
Ruarsite
Rucklidgeite
Rustenburgite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Strüverite
Samarskite-(Y)
Sapphirine
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Schorlomite
Schwertmannite (TL)
Scorodite
Sederholmite (TL)
Seinäjokite (TL)
Selenium
Seligmannite
Sénarmontite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
Sicklerite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Sillimanite
Silver
var: Kongsbergite
var: Küstelite
'Smectite Group'
Sobolevskite
Sodalite
Sodic-ferrogedrite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Stannite
Stannomicrolite (TL)
Staurolite
Stibiconite
Stibiopalladinite
Stibnite
Stillwaterite
Strengite
Strunzite
Svanbergite
Switzerite
Sylvanite
Sylvite
Synchysite-(Nd)
Talc
Talnakhite
Tantalite
Tantalite-(Fe)
Tantalite-(Mn)
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe) (TL)
Tapiolite-(Mn) (TL)
Tarkianite (TL)
Tellurium
Tellurobismuthite
Tengerite-(Y)
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tephroite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
Thalénite-(Y)
Thorite
Tin
Titanite
Tochilinite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
'var: Verdelite'
Tremolite
var: Chrome-Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Triploidite
Troilite
Trüstedtite (TL)
Tsumoite
Ullmannite
Ulvöspinel
UM1999-17:O:PbV
UM2005-35-VO:CaFePSiTh
UM2005-//-E:CuPbPdPt
'Unnamed (Fe analogue of Konderite)'
'Unnamed (Pd-Pb Oxide)'
'Unnamed (Pd plumbostannotelluro-arsenide)'
'Unnamed (Rh-Ni Sulphide)'
Uraninite
Uranmicrolite
Uranophane
Uvarovite
Vaesite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Varulite
Väyrynenite (TL)
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
var: Frugardite
Viitaniemiite (TL)
Vincentite
Violarite
Vivianite
Volynskite
Vysotskite
'Wad'
Westerveldite
Wilkmanite (TL)
Wodginite
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xingzhongite
Zinc
'Zinconigerite-6N6S'
Zircon
Zoisite
Zvyagintsevite


2273 entries listed. 396 valid minerals. 31 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Finland
 
    • Borgå
      • Bjurböle
      • Pakila
    • Huittinen
    • Kalvola
    • Mäntsälä
    • Nummi-Pusula
      • Palmottu Lake
      • Eräjärvi area
    • Pohja
    • Polvijärvi
    • Rantasalmi
    • Somero
    • Sout
      • Otanmäki
      • Luumäki
        • Kännätsalo
      • Pyhäselkä
      • Ruskeala
      • Savonranta
    • Viljakkala
    • Eno
    • Kiuruvesi
    • Kuopio
    • Pieksämäki
    • Polvijärvi
    • Honkajoki
    • Kälviä
    • Kangasala
    • Kauhajärvi
    • Perniö
    • Saarijärvi
    • Siikainen
      • Kuortane
      • Peräseinäjoki
    • Inari
      • Lemmenjoki
    • Kemi
    • Koillismaa Complex
    • Kolari
    • Luosto
    • Tervola
    • Tulppio
    • Ylivieska
    • Haapajärvi
    • Haapavesi
    • Kalajoki
    • Pihtipudas
    • Raahe
    • Suomussalmi
    • Vihanti

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