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:
Bondasca Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bondasca Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cacciabella Pass
Cengal Glacier
Pizzo Cengalo
Pizzo Trubinasca
Trubinasca Pass

Latitude: 46°17'47"N
Longitude: 9°35'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.296388888889,9.5877777777778

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Triplite

Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Uranophane-β ()*	Schorl ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Triplite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Bi Ca F Fe H Na O P S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Calcite Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Meneghinite None Not in a structural group Spinel
Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline Triplite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	113725,113727,113728	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113726	27770
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	113728	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	113728	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	113726	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	113726	80
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	113726	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	0		144
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	113726	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	113729	233
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	113726	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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