Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Forno Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forno Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Casnil Pass
Cavloc Lake
Cima Di Vazzeda
Forno Glacier
Mt Forno
Mt Sissone
Muretto Valley
Pizzi Dei Rossi
Plan Canin
Vazzeda Pass

Latitude: 46°20'8"N
Longitude: 9°42'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.335555555556,9.7094444444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Artinite	Beryl	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Cyanotrichite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite
Humite	Kobellite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Antigorite ()*	Artinite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gold ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Grossular ()*	Helvine ()*	Hercynite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Pargasite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranopolycrase ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Beryl Brochantite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Cyanotrichite Dumortierite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Heulandite
Humite Kobellite Molybdenite Monazite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	113741	470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113744	2353
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	113741	708
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	113741	75
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	113749	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	113740,113743,113744,113749	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	113745	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	0		462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	113748	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113743	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	113742	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113744,113749	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	113741,113748	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	113744,113751	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	0		344
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	113745	179
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	113743	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	113743	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113744,113749	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	113747	138
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	113741	414
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	113743	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	113743,113749	167
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	113742,113744,113746,113749	1544
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	113744,113749	237
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	3	113742,113743,113744	407
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	113744	246
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113741	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	113743	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113750	945
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		313
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	113749	260
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	113743	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	113744,113749	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	113743,113749	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	113748	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	113743	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	113749	390
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	113742,113743,113744	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	113743	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	113748	2718
Uranopolycrase ()*	Columbite	UTi₂O₆	1	113743	13
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	113744,113749	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	113741	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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