Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gneiss Quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Calanca Valley, Moesa, Mesolcina Valley (Misox), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 7685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gneiss Quarries, Arvigo, Calanca, Calanca Valley, Moesa, Mesolcina Valley (Misox), Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alfredo Quarry
Lino Quarry

Latitude: 46°17'42"N
Longitude: 9°6'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.295,9.1133333333333

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Heulandite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite
Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Heulandite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Titanite
Vesuvianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	113957	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	0		161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	113957,113958	27770
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	113957	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113957,113958	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	0		138
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	0		303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	0		246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	113957	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113957	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	113957	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113957	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113957	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113957	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	0		390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	113958	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	0		605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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