Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Albrunhorn - Turbhorn Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albrunhorn - Turbhorn Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Albrun Pass
Bochtenhorn (Bochtehorn)
Hohsandhorn
Holzerspitz
Mittlebärg (Mittlenberg)
Ochsenfeld
Ofenhorn
Tälli Glacier
Turbe Alp (Turben Alp; Turbe)

Latitude: 46°23'35"N
Longitude: 8°18'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.393055555556,8.3047222222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Enargite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Enargite
Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

35 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)	3	114841,114848,114849	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	6	114841,114842,114845,114849,114850,114851	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114848	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114844	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114840,114844	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	114841,114851	606
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114849	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	114838,114840,114844,114846,114848,114851	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	114838,114844,114846	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	114838,114848	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	114838,114840,114844,114846,114848	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	114838,114840,114846,114848	648
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	114848	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	114844,114846,114848,114850	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	114838,114840,114842,114844,114846,114848	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	114848	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	114841,114842,114849	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114848	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114849	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	114841,114845	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	114838,114840,114844,114846,114848	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	114838,114840,114841,114844,114846,114848,114851	17380
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	114846	112
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	5	114838,114840,114844,114846,114848	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	114838,114840,114842,114844,114846,114848	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	114838,114840,114841,114842,114844,114846,114848,114849,114850,114851	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	9	114838,114840,114841,114842,114844,114848,114849,114850,114851	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114850	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114851	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	114842,114844,114846,114848	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	114846,114847	978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	114846	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114845,114849	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114848	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114841	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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