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Locality Name:
Sion (Sitten), Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 130572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sion (Sitten), Valais, Switzerland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aproz
Chandoline
Granges
Granges (Lens)
St Léonard

Latitude: 46°12'26"N
Longitude: 7°28'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.207222222222,7.4708333333333
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: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
CopiapiteCorundumDevillineEnargiteEpsomiteFeldsparGeocroniteGermaniteGypsumHalotrichite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSartoriteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtzite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Claraite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Guettardite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Moëloite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scarbroite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11152418803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1115239470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211152352162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2115239,1152411588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211152373092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2115239,1152413250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22115239,1152415509
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21115235700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3115235,115237,11524127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11152411252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111524127198
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O111523940
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161115241110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1115241382
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1115239366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211152419895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1115241648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41115241910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1115233484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111524124243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231115241133
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4111524113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3115239,115241,1152426890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111524114640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611152412228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231115241105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4111524182
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1115239149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22115239,11524112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211152415674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1115233915
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)311152418
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111524117380
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16111524111
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1115239492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1115239105
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1115233265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23115233,115237,11524139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23115235,115237,11524161156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O111524157
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211152415614
Scarbroite  (*)NoneAl5(CO3)(OH)13·5H2O11152359
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11152376417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O111523384
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111524121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311152413418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O111523990
Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteSr0.5Fe4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O11152412
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11152412045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311152411803
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1115241372


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