Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Degen
Lumbrein
Renastga Valley
Val Da Mulin
Vals Valley
Vrin

Latitude: 46°39'42"N
Longitude: 9°8'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.661666666667,9.1369444444444

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay
Corundum	Danburite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Meneghinite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Cookeite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Danburite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Millerite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay
Corundum Danburite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite Meneghinite Mica Millerite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Topaz

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	113913	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	113896,113910,113913	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	113908,113909,113915,113919,113920	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	113889,113892	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	113908,113909	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	113887,113896,113901,113905,113917,113920	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113892	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113917	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	113898	376
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	113919	181
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	113902	344
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	2	113904,113905	148
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	113892	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	113892	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	113916	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113901	9617
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	113892	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	113896,113901,113905	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	113902	5433
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	1	113902	25
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113896	14899
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	113892	158
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	113917	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113912	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113896	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	113896,113917	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	113887,113889,113890,113892,113893,113896,113900,113901,113902,113908,113909,113910,113913,113915,113916,113918,113919,113920	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113908	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	113920	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	113896,113913	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	113892	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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