Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiesch, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Burg - Fiesch Glacier Area
Eggishorn
Gibelbach (Gibelsbach; Giebelsbach)
Hindri Wase
Rappetal
Wannenhorn
Wasen Area (Wase)

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Heulandite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Milarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Heulandite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stilbite Titanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	115007,115018	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115008	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115011	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	115006	255
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115018	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	115006,115013,115015,115018	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	115013	4979
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115006	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	115013	138
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115006	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115013	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	115006,115013	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	115006,115014,115018	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	115013	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115013	1271
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	2	115006,115014	156
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	115013	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115016	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115018	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	115006	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	115006,115013	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	115006,115007,115008,115009,115011,115013,115014,115018	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	115007,115013	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115018	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	115006	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	115013	189
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	115008	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115006	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115013	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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