Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
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

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.

Allanite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Linarite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Scheelite	Schoepite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tourmaline

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 ()*

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:
Allanite Aragonite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Linarite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Scheelite Schoepite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite Tourmaline

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	113717	706
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	0		255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	113717	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	113723	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	113717	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	113717	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	113723	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	113717	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	113717	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	113717	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	113717,113721	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113717	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113717	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	113718	321
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	113719	289
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	0		344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113717	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	113717	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113717,113721	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113717	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	113717	43
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	113717	67
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	113717	784
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	113717	80
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	113717,113721	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	113717	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113723	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	113717	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	113717	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113723	17380
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	1	113717	39
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	113717	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113717	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	113717	4894
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	1	113717	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	113723	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113723	1214
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	113717	510
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	113717	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	113717,113721	890
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	113717	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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