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:
Acquacalda, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acquacalda, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Brönich
Campra
Frodalera

Latitude: 46°32'16"N
Longitude: 8°50'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.537777777778,8.8341666666667

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	Brookite	Calcite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Staurolite
Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brookite Calcite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Rutile Scapolite Staurolite
Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Meionite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114363	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114363	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114363	27770
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114364	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	114363	176
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114363	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114363	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114363	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	114362	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114363	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114364	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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