Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferden, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 108328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferden, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ferdenrothorn
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Latitude: 46°24'29"N
Longitude: 7°42'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.408055555556,7.7102777777778

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.

Apophyllite	Brookite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Brookite Calcite Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115152	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	115151,115152	27770
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	115152	303
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115152	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115152	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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