Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gletsch, Furka Pass Area, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gletsch, Furka Pass Area, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Grat Gorge
Mutt Glacier
Muttbach
Muttenhörner
Raifte
Titanite Cleft

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	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Milarite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca H K O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Titanite

20 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)	4	115027,115028,115030,115031	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	115028,115029,115031	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115029	9052
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115028	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	115028,115032	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	115029	4979
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115032	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115027	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115029	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115028	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115031	5433
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	0		156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115030	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	115029	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115029	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	115027,115028,115029,115030,115031,115032	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115028	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	115029	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115030	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	115028,115030,115032	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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