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Locality Name:
Zinal, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zinal, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ar Pitetta (Arpitetta) Lake
La Lé Mine
Laulosses
Louchelet
Milon Pass
Vernecs-sur-Pralong
Zinal Glacier

Latitude: 46°6'38"N
Longitude: 7°38'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.110555555556,7.6427777777778

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.

Allanite	Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Analcime Apatite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Heulandite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite
Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

38 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	114803	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114803	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	114803	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114803	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114801	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114800	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	114799	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	114800,114801,114803	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114803	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114803	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	114803	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114803,114805	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114803	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114803,114804	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114803	1544
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	114799	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	114803	367
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	114802	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114803	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114803	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114800	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	114803	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114805	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114805	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114800,114801	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	114802	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114800,114801	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	114802	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	114802	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114802	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	114801,114804	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	114799,114805	189
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	114802	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	114801	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114803	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	114803	605
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	114803	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114803	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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