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Cassiterite from
Topaz quarry, Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Topaz quarry, Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:845094
Long-form Identifier:1:3:845094:4
GUID (UUID V4):e2937e3b-2259-4b8a-b68a-0db50e21f23b
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
8.6km (5.3 miles) W-Sn-Be occurrence, Kymi intrusion, Wyborg batholith, Finland/Russia
42.8km (26.6 miles) Korsvik-1 vein, Sarvlaxviken, Loviisa, Uusimaa, Finland
47.6km (29.6 miles) Sääksjärvi, Iitti, Kymenlaakso, Finland
63.3km (39.3 miles) Karelia Beryl Mine pegmatite, Kännätsalo, Luumäki, South Karelia, Finland
73.5km (45.7 miles) Rakokivenmäki pegmatite, Heinola, Päijänne Tavastia, Finland
79.8km (49.6 miles) Kuusisuo, Heinola, Päijänne Tavastia, Finland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Kymi stock, a topaz granite cupola within the Wiborg rapakivi batholith, Finland Ilmari Haapala*,... Physicum), FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland Received 28 July 2003; accepted 9 September 2004...stockscheider pegmatite, equigranular topaz granite, porphyritic topaz granite. The contact between the two...which contain genthelvite, beryl, wolframite, cassiterite, and sulfides, cut the granites of the stock...The equigranular granite contains 1 to 4 vol.% topaz, and its biotite is lithian siderophyllite; the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pegmatites of the Viborg rapakivi granite massif, SE Finland, with special attention to the green gem beryl...the rapakivi granite of the Viborg massif in SE Finland has been known for miaro/itic pegmatites, some...of them producing excellent smoky quartz, fine topaz and since 1984 world class gem hel/odore crystals...Kannatsalo, Kiwijarvi, near Luumaki, Karel/a, Finland. The well zoned, highly fractionated REE pegmatite...Viborg rapakivi granite covers large areas of SE Finland and consists of several varieties of granite. Rapakivi
Book
Painopaikka | Printing house: Lönnberg Print & Promo, Finland ISBN 978-952-217-253-2 (sid.) ISBN 978-952-217-254-9...Geological Survey of Finland Espoo 2017 SUOMEN KORUKIVET Gemstones of Finland Kari A. Kinnunen Risto... In addition, the rock types commonly used in Finland as gemstones, are now documented in detail. Photography...demonstrate that more gemstones are known from Finland than from other Nordic countries.The great activity.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Western Finland 215 Beauty is born from shape . . . . . . .
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland: Mineral chemistry evidence for episodic...Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland: Mineral chemistry evidence for episodic...Magmatic-hydrothermal evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland: Mineral chemistry evidence for episodic...Helsinki, Finland 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The Kymi stock is a highly evolved topaz-bearing granite...central part of the Wiborg batholith (southwest Finland). The stock shows a well-defined zonation and intrusion
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
formation; 3) cassiterite quartz formation; 4) cassiterite-quartz-sulfide formation; 5) cassiterite silicate...silicate formation; 6) cassiterite sulfide formation. Each type and its subtype are discussed and details of...Chukotka is connected with deposits of cassiterite-silicate and cassiterite-quartz sulfide formations, while...tin-tungsten mineralization is associated with cassiterite-quartz formation. -- C. E. Sears. The basis...mineralization: a stanniferous pegmatite formation, a cassiterite-quartz formation and a cassiteriticsulfide formation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tin-mineralized Granites: Topaz-bearing Leucogranite in the Eurajoki Rapakivi Granite Stock, Finland I. HAAPALA∗ DEPARTMENT...P.O. BOX 11, FIN-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, FINLAND RECEIVED JANUARY 1997; ACCEPTED AUGUST 1997 The...The 1·57 Ga Eurajoki stock in southwestern Finland is composed of biotite–hornblende–fayalite granite...biotite granites and late-stage topaz-bearing granite, as well as related topaz-bearing rhyolite (ongonite)...and geochemistry of the topaz-bearing granite. The presence of magmatic topaz is indicated by petrographic
Catalog/List
tourmaline too, for this location . Haapaluoma Finland £8 small 2x3 , .. 20. PYRITE very sharp and...in 2cm syenite. Langesundfjord Norway £4 38. CASSITERITE small dark brown crystals round edge of greenish...Cornwall large lx2 £15 nice small piece 39. CASSITERITE rich mass of brown crystal sections, 2xl.5 area...previous collectors label. Hingston Quarry Cornwall £7 .50 40. CASSITERITE rich brown masses in large 2x3...mass with minor matrix. Collected late 1978, Dean Quarry ,second level, Lizard Cornwall 42. PECTOLITE Area
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, Finland With 3 Figures Received March 10, 1993; accepted...Amazonas in Brazil, southeastern Missouri, southern Finland, the Ukraine, India); skarn-type deposits occur...Karelia. The deposits are closely associated with topaz-bearing microcline-albite granites which occur as...granites of several other areas, including southern Finland, Arizona, central Sweden, and the Ukraine. Southeastern...biotite granites, and (3) topaz-bearing albite-microcline granites. The topaz-bearing albite-microcline
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magmatichydrothermal fluid evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland Gabriel V. Berni, Thomas Wagner, Tobias...Magmatic-hydrothermal fluid evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland, LITHOS (2020), https://doi.org/10...Magmatichydrothermal fluid evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland Gabriel V. Berni1,* , Thomas Wagner2...chemically highly evolved topaz granite Kymi stock in southeastern Finland was reconstructed from...Magmatichydrothermal fluid evolution of the Kymi topaz granite stock, SE Finland Gabriel V. Berni*,1 , Thomas Wagner2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sericite replaces feldspars, spodumene, beryl, topaz, and tourmalines in pegmatites. Muscovite itself...muscovite with albite, 2.8 cm high, from the Strickland quarry, Portland, Middlesex County, Connecticut. This...Newry (King and Foord 1994). The Black Mountain quarry, Rumford, Oxford County, was one of the biggest...fine transparent, gold-brown color. The BB No. 7 quarry in Norway, also in Oxford County, has produced...and quartz. In nearby New Hampshire, the Chandler quarry, Chatham, Carroll County, has provided some excellent
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos A tin-mineralized topaz rhyolite dike with coeval topaz granite enclaves at Qiguling in...2013 Keywords: Qiguling topaz rhyolite Dike Topaz granite enclaves Cassiterite Qitianling Southern China...China a b s t r a c t The Qiguling topaz rhyolite is present as a dike within the Qitianling biotite granite...4.5 m wide and 500 m long, contains enclaves of topaz granite. These rhyolites contain up to 72 wt.% SiO2...phenocrysts in a groundmass containing abundant topaz. The rhyolites in the study area are also strongly
Journal (volume)
Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 286 Petrography and geochemistry of the Eurajoki stock, a rapakivi-granite...with greisen-type mineralization in southwestern Finland by Ilmari Haapala Geologinen tutkimuslaitos •...• Espoo 1977 The Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 286 PETROGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE EURAJOKI...GREISEN-TYPE MINERALIZATION IN SOUTH\X'ESTERN FINLAND BY ILM A RI H AAPALA \X' lTI-I IOl FIGUR ES AND...mincralization in southwestern Finland. Ceological 511rvey oi Finland, Blliletin 286. 128 pages, 101
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals) represent the most common Nb-Ta host in topaz-albite granites and related rocks from the Krásno-Horní...(Vysoký Kámen stock). Wodginite was found only in the topaz-albite microgranite of gneissic breccia matrix that...that occurs in the upper most part of the Hub topaz-albite granite stock. In wodginite, the Mn/(Mn+Fe)...and tantalum-bearing oxide minerals are common in topaz granites and related rocks (pegmatites, alkali-feldspar...this study are part of the mineral assemblage in topaz-bearing granites from the Krásno-Horní Slavkov ore
Journal (volume)
Geological Survey of Finland Bulletin 259 (formerly Bulletin de la Commission Geologique de Finlande)...Finlande) Genthelvite-hearing greisens in southern Finland by Ilmari Haapala and Pentti Ojanperä Geologinen...tutkimuslaitos . Otaniemi 1972 Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin 259 (formerly Bulletin de la Commission...1972: Genthelvite-bearing greisens in southern Finland. Ge%gicol SIIrvß)' 0/ Fildond, BII//elin 259. 22...Kymi area. The greisen bodies are associated wirh topaz-bearing biotite granites which represent la te-stage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
been used in breakwaters and came from Prospect quarry, near Parramatta in western Sydney. Unlike today...today, at that time the area around the quarry was bushland and well away from the demographic center of...Charlottesville] at 11:59 03 August 2012 Figure 9. Cassiterite with quartz (22.5 × 14 cm; D50672), the Gulf...Charlottesville] at 11:59 03 August 2012 Figure 14. Topaz with quartz and albite (7.5 × 7 cm; D50715), Alabashka...district of New South Wales (cassiterite, wolframite, scheelite, quartz, beryl, topaz, stibnite, and fluorite);
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
alkali-feldspar granites. These granites contain topaz and/or muscovite or zinnwaldite and have geochemical...characteristics comparable to the low-P sub-type topaz-bearing granites. Stockworks and veins are common...inclusions, which homogenize at 320– 380 8C. Cassiterite, wolframite, columbite–tantalite, scheelite,...and 500 8C, respectively), and that for the cassiterite-quartz-veins is 415 8C. The oxygen and hydrogen...meteoric fluid. The first two were responsible for cassiterite, wolframite, and minor columbite–tantalite precipitation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
group minerals with local concentrations within cassiterite and tennantite. No In was detected in löllingite...(Sinclair et al. 2006); and the Wiborg batholith, Finland (Cook et al. 2011c). SW England, with nearly 2000...granites, are dominant with subordinate tourmaline and topaz granites contributing <10% at the present exposure...mineralised, particularly MA those associated with topaz granites, although they have not been commercially...mica (muscovite or Li-mica) with minor apatite and topaz, and host löllingite, arsenopyrite, molybdenite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
summers of 1948, 1949, 195I, and 1952, and in Finland, Sweden,and Norway during the summer of 1950. Laboratory...light yellow beryl (goshenite), columbite, and cassiterite. The rose mica is associated with the pink tourmaline...examination. Bolton, Massachusetls.'The Bolton marble quarry, famous for lilac scapolite, has been described...pegmatite bouldersin the immediate neighborhood of the quarry but the rock could not be discovered in place ...Aggregates of cleavelandite, fluorite, spessartite, topaz, and muscovite form replacement bodies in the core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
granite in both igneous complexes, followed by topaz granite in the Água Boa igneous complex (ABIC)...zircon, thorite, monazite, columbite – tantalite, cassiterite, bastnaesite and xenotime are present in almost...magmas. The presence of magnetite and/or primary cassiterite indicate crystallization under oxidizing conditions...evolution from hornblende granite to biotite granite to topaz- and albite-bearing granite through magmatic differentiation...associated with such late-stage, highly fractionated, topaz-bearing granites (Haapala, 1988; Lehmann, 1990)
Catalog/List
stilbite crystals. 4x2 inches overall size £25 Wagholi Quarry, Poona ,India The name reflects the formula of...startling colour contrast. Originally it was found in a quarry while digging a well. 27. BARYTES cut and polished...micro crystals over about a2x2cm surface. Visiano Quarry, Parma, Emilia, Italy) £7.50 31. THORTVEITITE a...LEPIDOLITE. Very rich mass of intergrown plates on topaz matrix. a pinkish form, which is a lithium rich...pink coating on 3111111 chip, two pieces £4 Cassiterite fragments with qua1tz, maybe the odd tiny xl
Catalog/List
golden-yellow nodule, A/20. ANALCIME. Enderby Quarry. Leicestershire. This specimen is more interesting...2.5x2x1.25", £4.00 1. ANALCIME/NATROLITE. Dean Quarry, St. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white to...75x1", £7.50. 2. ANALCIME/NATROLITE/CALCITE. Dean Quarry, St Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Pearly white, large...crystal. 1.5x1.25x3/8", £15.00. 30. APATITE/CASSITERITE/DRAVITE/CALCITE. Panasqueira, Beira-Beixa, Portugal...smaller upstanding xtls plus, a brilliant, twinned Cassiterite over acicular Dravite. 1.5x1x5/8", £10.00 31
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SOCIETY. No. 106. September, 1924. Vol. XX. Topaz from Cornwall, with an account of its localities...cursorily to be mistaken for quartz. The presence of topaz as a microscopic accessory in granite, greisen,...considerable mass, thus affording evidence that topaz is in Cornwall, as in the case of other countries...countries, a comparatively common associate of cassiterite and wolframite, both in granite and sedimentary rocks...forms, seventeen in number, observed on Cornish topaz, the lettering and the indices being those adopted
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
andsubvolcanic rhyolite porphyry) andintrusive rocks(topaz-bearing graniteporphyry andgranite).Theserocksaregenerally...tin deposit islocated alongthecontact zonebetween topaz-bearing graniteporphyry andrhyolite porphyry, andconsists...ofthetotalreserves. Of themetallicminerals (5%byvolume), cassiterite, pyrite,andehalcopyrite aredominant, sphalerite...mineralthatoccurs asrims around ehaleopyrite. Cassiterite occurs mostly in disseminated formandasveinlets...lly arranged aroundthegraniteporphyry, namely: topaz-quartz, ehloritic, andsericitie zones.Mostof theorebody
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
9. Campiglia Marittima, Italy. •o. Pitkiranta, Finland. Asia. •. Malay States. •2. Banka and Billitoh... Granite Campiglia s Marittima Pitk•iranta Finland Granite s MalayStates (P) Granite [eplacement...composedof feldspar, quartz, mica and hornblende,with cassiterite,garnet, monaziteand tour- are accessories. ...Cornwall. In a few casesa largesurfaceis exposed. In Finland,the so-calledRapi.kiwi granite outcropsover an...pneumatolyticmineralssuchas tourmaline,muscoviteand topaz are moreprominent. Theseincreasein abundance as
Report (issue)
Meter long crystals have been found in Lemnis, Finland, where the largest known crystal is 1 meter long...meter long crystal has been recorded from the Alger quarry in New Hampshire (USA). The crystal weighed 455... 8.4m: The largest beryl crystal at the Bumpus quarry in Maine was 8.4 meters long, 1.9 meters in diameter...columbite-tantalite group, cookeite, tourmaline, lepidolite, topaz, and spessartine (Pezzotta, 2001; Cerny, 1992)....greisen deposits, beryl is associated with topaz, cassiterite, and ferberite­ hiibnerite; whereas in Alpine
 
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