Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Davos, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Davos, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Davos Lake Road
Dischma Valley
Flüela Valley
Sertig Valley
Wolfgang

Latitude: 46°44'57"N
Longitude: 9°55'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.749166666667,9.9261111111111

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite

Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	113673,113674,113676	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113681	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	113678	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	113679	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	113681	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	113681	166
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113678	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113679	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	113682	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	113681	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	113681	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	113681	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	113678	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	113681	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	113678	24243
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	113681	205
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	113681,113682	407
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	113676	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	113681,113682	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	113678,113681,113682	14899
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113681	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	113681	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	113681	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113679	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113681	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	113678,113679	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	113678	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	113678,113679	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	113681	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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