Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Carona, Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 283800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carona, Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Madonna D'Ongero

Latitude: 45°57'5"N
Longitude: 8°55'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.951388888889,8.9247222222222

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	Amorphous	Baryte	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Quartz

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O S Si Sr Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amorphous Baryte Columbite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Quartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	114482	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114482	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114482	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114482	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	114482	606
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114482	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	114482	163
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114482	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	114482	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114482	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114482	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114482	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	114482	353
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	114482	232
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	114482	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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