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Southern Finland Region, Finland

Etelä-Suomen alue (Södra Finlands region), Suomi

Southern Finland region consists of the former regions of South Karelia (Finnish: Etelä-Karjala, Swedish: Södra Karelen), Tavastia Proper (Finnish: Kanta-Häme, Swedish: Egentliga Tavastland), Kymenlaakso (Finnish: Kymenlaakso, Swedish: Kymmenedalen), Päijänne Tavastia (Finnish: Päijät-Häme, Swedish: Päijänne Tavastland) and Uusimaa (Finnish: Uusimaa, Swedish: Nyland).

References

- Mäkinen, E. (1909). Kuvauksia muutamista Lounais-Suomen pegmatiitti löydöksistä. Käsikirjoitus, Helsingin yliopiston Geologian laitos. [Descriptions of some of the south-western Finland pegmatite findings. Manuscript, Helsinki. University Department of Geology.]


Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Alluaudite
Alluaudite-NaNa
Almandine
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
'Amphibole Group'
Andalusite
Andradite
Annabergite
Anorthite
var: Labradorite

'Apatite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Arsenopyrite
Axinite-(Mn)
Baryte
Bavenite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismutite
Bornite
Calcite
Cassiterite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysoberyl
Chrysotile
Clinochlore
Clinohumite
Clinozoisite
Cobaltpentlandite (TL)
Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Cordierite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Datolite
Diopside
Dolomite
Dumortierite
Elbaite
Epidote
Euxenite-(Y)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrisicklerite
Ferroalluaudite
Ferrowodginite (TL)
Fluorcalciomicrolite
var: Titan-uranoan Fluorcalciomicrolite

Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
'Gigantolite'
Goethite ?
Gold
var: Electrum

Graphite
Grossular
Gypsum
Hastingsite
Hematite
Hercynite
Heterosite
Hisingerite
var: Degeroite

Huttonite
var: Cerphosphorhuttonite

Illite
Ilmenite
Ixiolite
Kaolinite
Lepidolite
Lizardite
Löllingite
Magnetite
Margarite
Merenskyite
Merrillite
Microcline
Microlite Group
var: Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977) (TL)
Milarite
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Sericite
Nickeline
Olenite
'Olivine'
Pectolite
Pentlandite
Petalite
Phlogopite
Pollucite
Prehnite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
var: Strüverite
Samarskite-(Y)
Schorl
Sicklerite
Silver
'Smectite Group'
Sperrylite
Sphalerite
Spinel
Spodumene
Staurolite
Talc
'Tantalbetafite (of Kalita & Bykova)'
Tantalite
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
Thorite
Titanite
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
Tremolite
Triphylite
Triplite
Uraninite
Uranophane
Vermiculite
Vesuvianite
var: Frugardite
Wollastonite
Zircon


136 entries listed. 105 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

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