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Locality Name:
Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 134397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Albigna Glacier
Albigna Lodge
Cantun Glacier
Piz Cacciabella
Vergine

Latitude: 46°19'46"N
Longitude: 9°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.329444444444,9.6330555555556

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi Ca Fe H O Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAragoniteArsenicBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetLinariteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineQuartzScheeliteSchoepiteSpinelStibnite
TetradymiteTourmaline

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Friedrichite  (*)Gladite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1113717706
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21113717606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811137234286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2111371796
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11137171966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311137231935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1113717716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411137175516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611137171633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2113717,11372127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11137174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111371727198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41113718321
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O61113719289
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11137174165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11137171027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2113717,1137218173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211137179617
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18111371743
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9111371767
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141113717784
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6111371780
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2113717,1137211271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21113717987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111372314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211137175800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1113717362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111372317380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18111371739
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1113717494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111371761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11137174894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6111371794
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11137232705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311137231214
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1113717510
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211137172718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2113717,113721890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411137171655



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