Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Burg - Fiesch Glacier Area, Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 107843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burg - Fiesch Glacier Area, Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Burg
Distelgrat
Trift

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Milarite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Milarite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Milarite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Titanite

16 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	115007	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115008	2162
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	0		255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	0		156
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	0		326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	115007,115008,115009	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	115007	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	115008	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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