Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plantorin Mine (L'Omen Roso Mine), Ayer, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 122693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plantorin Mine (L'Omen Roso Mine), Ayer, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Löllingite	Malachite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Spinel	Ullmannite
Vivianite

Albite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Comblainite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Ullmannite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Feldspar Hydrotalcite Löllingite Malachite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Skutterudite Spinel Ullmannite
Vivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	41
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Comblainite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₄Co³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	5
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	46
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	25
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	103
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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