Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chironico Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno

Latitude: 46°25'58"N
Longitude: 8°46'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.432777777778,8.7769444444444

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dravite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	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 B Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Rutile Staurolite Titanite Tourmaline

21 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)	1	114456	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114456	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114456	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	114456	1310
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	114456	356
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	114456	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114456	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	114456	1008
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114456	648
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114456	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114456	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114456	17380
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	1	114456	24
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114456	247
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	114456	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114456	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114456	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	114456	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	114456	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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