Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camperio, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camperio, Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dötra

Latitude: 46°31'5"N
Longitude: 8°53'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.518055555556,8.8847222222222

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.

Allanite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Meionite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 As C Ca Ce Co Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Co Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Calcite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Epidote Feldspar Mica Monazite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scapolite Staurolite Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	0		966
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	0		176
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	0		767
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	114366	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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