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Locality Name:
Co-Ni Occurrence, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 133986
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133986.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co-Ni Occurrence, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Bi Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteCobaltiteGarnetLöllingiteNickelineNonePerovskitePharmacosiderite
PyriteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Manganohörnesite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Manganohörnesite  (*)VivianiteMn2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O09
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O0124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O055
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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