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

mindat Locality ID: 133988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Davos
Monstein
Schmitten

Latitude: 46°44'57"N
Longitude: 9°55'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.749166666667,9.9258333333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Covellite	Dundasite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Staurolite	Sulphur	Tyrolite	Wurtzite

Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tyrolite ()*
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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Covellite Dundasite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Staurolite Sulphur Tyrolite Wurtzite

46 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	113687,113688	2734
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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	113684,113688	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	113685,113687,113688	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	113678,113685,113688	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
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113688	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	113681	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	113678,113685,113687,113688	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	113688	97
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	113681	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	113678,113685,113687,113688	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	113685	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	113685	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	113681	205
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	113685,113688	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	113681,113682	407
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	113685	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	113685,113687	784
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
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	113684,113688	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	113688	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113688	492
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	3	113679,113685,113687	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113681	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	113678,113679	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	113678,113685,113688	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	113678,113679,113685,113687,113688	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	113681	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	113670	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	113688	2045
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	113688	245
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	113688	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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