Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bächi Valley (Reckingen Valley)
Blinnen Valley
Reckinger Löuwine

Latitude: 46°28'11"N
Longitude: 8°14'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.469722222222,8.2425

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	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Milarite	None	Phenakite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Milarite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Milarite None Phenakite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	115044	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115037,115040,115044	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	115040,115045	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	115037,115043	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115038	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	115037,115038,115040,115041,115042,115043,115045	14640
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115038	265
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	115043	156
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	115045	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115044	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	115037,115038,115043,115044,115045	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115044	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115044	6417
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115038	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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