Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 121107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-121107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bedretto Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
All'Acqua
Novena Pass Area (Nufenen Pass Area)
Ossasco
Paltano
Ronco
Ruinó Valley
Valleggia Valley
Villa Bedretto

Latitude: 46°29'14"N
Longitude: 8°28'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.487222222222,8.4702777777778

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	Allanite	Axinite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bassanite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Axinite Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane
Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Spinel Staurolite Zircon

28 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	114406,114408	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	114399,114401,114408,114410	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114408	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	114395,114408,114410,114411	2162
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	114401	260
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	114408	82
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114408	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114409	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	1	114408	41
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114407	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2	114408,114411	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114408	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114408	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114408,114413	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114403	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114400	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	114402,114408	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114401,114409,114410	17380
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	114408	144
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114401	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114408	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	114394,114396,114398,114399,114400,114401,114404,114408,114409,114410,114411	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	114398,114399,114401,114408,114410	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	114408	241
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	114400	978
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	114408	232
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114408	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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