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Locality Name:
Les Valettes, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 122697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Les Valettes, Mont Chemin, Martigny, 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
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAubertiteChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMelanterite
MonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRömeriteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurVoltaite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Boyleite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dietrichite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Wilcoxite  (*)Zincocopiapite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O023
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0136
Dietrichite  (*)HalotrichiteZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O015
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS062
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O0115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O0293
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O084
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111
Wilcoxite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O011
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O011


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060779Les Valettes, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R060779

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