Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bellinzona
Claro
Cresciano
Lodrino

Latitude: 46°16'48"N
Longitude: 9°0'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.28,9.0038888888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Apatite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brannerite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Melanterite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tapiolite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bieberite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eulytine ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Opal ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ta Ti U V W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Apatite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Brannerite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Melanterite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Spinel Stibnite Tapiolite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

51 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)	1	114588	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114588	2162
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	114581	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	114582,114586	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	114588	96
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	114584	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	114588	1935
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	114588	248
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114588	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114585	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114579	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	114576	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	114582	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114588	1756
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114576	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	114576,114585	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114576	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	1	114588	72
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114588	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	114576	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114585	1544
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	114584	111
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114576,114588	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114588	1271
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	114584	249
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114588	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114577,114580,114581	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	114576	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	114581	2994
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	114588	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114579	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114576	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114579	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114581,114585,114588	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114588	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114588	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	114574,114580,114586	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114588	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	114580	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	114576	1934
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	114588	232
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	114586	88
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114585,114588	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	114588	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	114585	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	114585	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114588	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114582	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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