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Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russiai
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Ristiniem peninsulaDiggings (Active)
Pitkyaranta mining districtMining District (Abandoned)
Pitkyarantsky DistrictDistrict
Republic of KareliaRepublic
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Collecting of minerals in May 2022 on the old dam (Ladoga lake coast, nearby Yulia-Risti village).

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Norbergite, etc.

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Collecting of minerals in May 2022 on the old dam (Ladoga lake coast, nearby Yulia-Risti village).

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Norbergite, etc.

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
02444290017272412401842.jpg
Collecting of minerals in May 2022 on the old dam (Ladoga lake coast, nearby Yulia-Risti village).

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
02903920017272007798149.jpg
Norbergite, etc.

Ristiniem peninsula, Pitkyaranta mining district, Pitkyarantsky District, Republic of Karelia, Russia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
61° 32' 29'' North , 31° 29' 26'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
61.54139,31.49056
GRN:
N42E11
Type:
Diggings (Active) - last checked 2022
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Pitkyaranta13,090 (2015)3.6km
Salmi3,800 (2016)27.1km
Lyaskelya3,571 (2016)35.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
422111
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:422111:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


The old dam, located on the shore of a small bay of Lake Ladoga on the outskirts of the village of Yulya-Risti, 3 km from the town of Pitkyaranta, is a series of blocks of banded calciphyres. These rocks were mined at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in a small quarry in the Ristiniemi peninsula. They served as a flux for a blast furnace on the opposite side of a small bay, where iron ores were smelted. In these calciphyres, in addition to the predominant calcite, there are rock-forming amounts of diopside, tremolite, high-fluoric phlogopite and minerals of the humite group - norbergite and chondrodite, sometimes dolomite. Quartz is abundant in places in the form of nodules, lenses, and interlayers. Small amounts of fluorite, pyrrhotite, and spinel occur; in the contact zones with essentially silicate rocks, biotite, amphibole of the actinolite–edenite series, and scapolite, usually replaced by fine-aggregate pink muscovite, are found.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


11 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘ 'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
ⓘ Fluorophlogopite
Formula: KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
ⓘ Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘ Norbergite
Formula: Mg3(SiO4)F2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ 'Scapolite'
ⓘ Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
ⓘ Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘSpinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘNorbergite9.AF.40Mg3(SiO4)F2
ⓘDiopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
ⓘActinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
ⓘTremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
ⓘMuscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
ⓘFluorophlogopite9.EC.20KMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
Unclassified
ⓘ'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
ⓘ'Scapolite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Hⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Hⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Hⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Oⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Oⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Oⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Oⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
FFluorine
Fⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Fⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Fⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mgⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mgⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mgⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Mgⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Mgⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Mgⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Alⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Alⓘ SpinelMgAl2O4
Alⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Siⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Siⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Siⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Siⓘ NorbergiteMg3(SiO4)F2
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
Siⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Siⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
KPotassium
Kⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Kⓘ MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kⓘ FluorophlogopiteKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2
Caⓘ Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
FeIron
Feⓘ Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Feⓘ BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

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References

I.V.Pekov. E.A.Vlasov. E.A.Gerasimova Pitkyarantskaya mineralogical practice, Max Press, 2008, 68pp (in Russian)
webmineral.ru (n.d.) https://webmineral.ru/deposits/item.php?id=2081 - Russian Database on Minerals and Localities
webmineral.ru (n.d.) https://webmineral.ru/photo/item.php?id=84 Photos from the expedition to the abandoned quarry of the Ristiniem peninsula (in Russian)
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