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Locality Name:
Ronco Gallery (Bedretto Window; Ronco Window), Ronco, Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 133274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ronco Gallery (Bedretto Window; Ronco Window), Ronco, Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H Ln Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteBrookiteClayCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSepioliteSpinelZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O082
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23041
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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