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Locality Name:
Quadrada, Selva, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 134067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quadrada, Selva, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, 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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAuricuprideBrochantiteCalciteChloriteClayCopperCorundumGarnet
HexahydriteHumiteMalachiteNoneOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneSerpentineSpinel
StarkeyiteTitaniteTourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Richterite  (*)Shandite  (*)
Starkeyite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O037
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)20148
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2014
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O079
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899



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