Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Crettaz Mine, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crettaz Mine, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, 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

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.

Adelite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Linarite
Malachite	Mica	Minium	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Ln Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Alunite Apatite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Linarite
Malachite Mica Minium Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Claraite ()*	Covellite ()*	Duftite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hawleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Sauconite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	40
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	56
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	134
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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