Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arolla Valley
Hérémence Valley
Les Haudères
Praz-Jean
Thyon

Latitude: 46°7'37"N
Longitude: 7°23'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.126944444444,7.3877777777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Heulandite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Heulandite Linarite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Annite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	115092,115102	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115102	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115097	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	115097,115099	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	115097	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	115102	356
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	115097	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115099	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	115086,115092,115099,115102	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	115097,115099	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	115086	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	115089,115097,115098,115099	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	115086,115097	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	115097	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	115093	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	115099	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	115093	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	115086,115102	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	115102	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	115102	196
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	115097,115098,115099,115100	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	115097,115099	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115092	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	115097,115099	1689
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	115086	246
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	115096,115097,115099	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	115099,115102	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	115097	784
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115086	1271
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115096	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	0		987
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	115089	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	115092	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115086	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115102	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	115099	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115086	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115097,115102	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	115097,115099	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115097	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	115086,115097,115098,115102	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115102	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	115086,115087	390
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115102	92
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	115096,115097,115099	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	115097,115098,115099,115100	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	115086	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	115084,115086	268
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	115102	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	115097	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	115097	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115102	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	115102	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115102	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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