Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fibbia, Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 3225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fibbia, Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°32'34"N
Longitude: 8°32'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.542777777778,8.5475

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.

Aeschynite	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Crichtonite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Cleusonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb Sc Si Th Ti U Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Apatite Beryl Clay Corundum Crichtonite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Quartz Rutile Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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