How to Collect and Send Layman’s Samples?

Anyone can send rock samples to GTK’s layman’s sample office for analysis. Each sample received provides additional information about the bedrock of Finland and the valuable minerals that may be located there.

Miten käytän Omakivi-palvelua?

Send your observations with OmaKivi app

GTK:n kansannäytteiden käsittely on siirtymässä paperisesta digitaaliseen aikakauteen. Kansannäytteisiin liittyvät havainnot voi lähettää OmaKivi-sovelluksen avulla. Ilmainen sovellus on ladattavissa niin iOS- kuin Android-älypuhelimelle. iOS-puhelimen sovellus on ladattavissa App Storesta ja Android-puhelimen Google Play -kaupasta. Ohjeet sovelluksen käyttöönotosta löydät täältä.

Vaikka havaintoja voi lähettää toistaiseksi paperillakin, sovelluksen kautta tulevat havainnot ja niihin liittyvät kivinäytteet ovat etusijalla havaintoja käsiteltäessä. Jos siis haluat tulevaisuudessa varmistaa mahdollisimman nopean käsittelyn havainnollesi ja näytteellesi, suosittelemme käyttämään Omakivi-sovellusta. Sitä voi käyttää joko mobiilisti omalla älypuhelimella tai verkkoselaimella.

Siirtymävaiheessa kansannäytteitä voi kuitenkin lähettää myös vanhalla menetelmällä joko tulostamalla ja täyttämällä paperinen lähetyslomake tai kirjoittamalla lähetyslomakkeessa kysyttävät tiedot tyhjälle paperille. Paperinen lähetyslomake liitetään postipakettiin kivinäytteen yhteyteen.

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GTK’s layman’s sample practice is becoming paperless and entering the digital age. You can make observations of samples with the layman’s samples mobile app called OmaKivi. The free application is available for iOS and Android phones. You can download the app from App Store or Google Play Store. More information on how to use the app is located here [linkki omakiven käyttöohjeisiin]

Observations sent with the OmaKivi app and the samples related to them take priority over samples sent with a paper form. If you want your sample to be processed and analysed as fast as possible, please use the OmaKivi app either on your mobile phone or via web browser.

During the transition phase, you can send samples with the old method as well, by writing down the required information by hand. The sample paper must be included in the package with the sample.

Send your samples by following these instructions

Take a representative sample

Take a representative sample of an interesting rock or a boulder. A piece roughly the size of a fist is enough.

Mark the location

Mark the location where you took the sample on a map or write down its coordinates. Mark the location in the terrain as well with a stick or a piece of rope, for example. This way the location is easier to find if any further research needs to be conducted.

Send the sample

Pack the sample or samples in a solid package. Packages under 2 kilograms are delivered free of charge inside Finland. We do not accept samples that weigh more than 2 kilograms. If you send multiple samples, please number the samples, so that the samples and the locations they were found at are easy to match. If you send several samples within a year, please use subsequent numbers. Remember to place the sample paper in the package. Samples are processed in the order in which they are received.

Write the following information to a piece of paper and attach it to the package

- The sender’s name, address, phone number, and email address.
- The exact locations where the samples were taken and the respective coordinates of those locations, if possible.
- Include information on whether the sample was taken from bedrock, boulder, or rock.
- Identify whether the sample should be analysed as an ore, industrial mineral, construction stone, or gemstone sample.

You can send GTK requested samples for free from Posti mail service points.

- Find the nearest Posti mail service point
- Use the GTK contract ID: 602833.

Posti mail service point from the map