Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oberwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 107858
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107858.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Faulhorn (Hungerberg)
Furka Basis Tunnel (west Section)
Gere (Geren)
Längis Alp
Rhône Gorge (Rhone Gorge)
Road Tunnel
St Niklaus
Unnerbrunnji
Unterwassern

Latitude: 46°30'53"N
Longitude: 8°23'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.514722222222,8.3930555555556

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	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Milarite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Milarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Milarite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Talc Titanite Zircon

35 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	115057	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	115056,115057,115059,115062,115066	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	115057,115062	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115057	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	115057	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115057	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115056	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	115063,115065	255
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	115057	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115062	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115056,115057,115062	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	115059,115061	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115057	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	115057,115062	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	115057	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115060	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115059	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	115057	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115057	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	115059,115061	1487
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	115056	156
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	115057	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	115057,115059	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115057,115059	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	115057	767
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	115067	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	115056,115057,115059	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115057	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	115056,115057,115059,115060,115062,115063,115064	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	115056,115057,115059,115064	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	115057,115059,115062	6417
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	115057	232
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115059,115061	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	115056,115057	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115057	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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