Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 130959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Furka, Furka Pass Area, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Augstenweid
Belvédère Hotel
Gärstenhorn
Kleines Furkahorn
Rhône Glacier

Latitude: 46°35'58"N
Longitude: 8°24'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.599444444444,8.4011111111111

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	Beryl	Bismutite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lillianite	Milarite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bazzite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Milarite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tellurium ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sc Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Beryl Bismutite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Lillianite Milarite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Titanite

19 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)	1	115025	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115025	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	115023	3092
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	115025	255
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	115024	51
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	115022	716
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	115022	4979
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115025	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115024	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115023	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115024	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	115022	66
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	115025	156
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	115021,115025	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	115022,115023,115024,115025	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115025	5614
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	115023	190
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115025	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115022	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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