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Locality Name:
Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 121106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Claus Valley
Clavau
Gannaretsch Glacier
Pardatsch
Piz Blas
Piz Fuorcla
Piz Gannaretsch
Piz Lai Blau
Piz Rondadura
Piz Uffiern
Piz Vatgira
Tgom
Tuors Paradis

Latitude: 46°36'40"N
Longitude: 8°45'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.611111111111,8.7572222222222

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Titanite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Ce Fe H Mg Nb O S Th Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	0		43
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	114127,114132	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114131	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	114122,114126,114127,114132	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	114131	255
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	114122	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114122,114131	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114131	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	114127,114128,114132,114133	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2	114127,114132	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114136	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114131	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	114132	55
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114127,114132	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	114122	784
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	2	114125,114129	99
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	4	114122,114127,114131,114132	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114134	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114131	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	114122,114126,114127,114129,114131,114132,114133,114137	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	114122,114124,114126,114127,114131,114132	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	2	114127,114132	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	114127	55
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114131,114134	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	114127,114132	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114132	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060971	Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R060971

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