Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake Area, Grimsel Area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 45874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinggenstöcke, Oberaar Lake Area, Grimsel Area, Hasli Valley, Bern, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hinterer Zinggenstock
Vorderer Zinggenstock

Latitude: 46°33'11"N
Longitude: 8°14'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.553055555556,8.2491666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Milarite	Monazite	None	Phenakite	Quartz	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K O P Pb Si V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Descloizite Diaspore Fluorite Milarite Monazite None Phenakite Quartz Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Milarite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113471	27770
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	113470	378
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	113469,113471,113472	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	113470	7437
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	113471	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113470	945
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	113472	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	113470,113471,113472,113473	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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