Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Verzasca Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Verzasca Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Agro Valley
Cima Di Gagnone
Frasco
Poncione D'Alnasca
Vogorno

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Humite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene

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 Be Ca F Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chlorite Clay Corundum Humite None Olivine Pyroxene

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jimthompsonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	114600	4286
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	1	114595	9
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	114598	285
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114598	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	114598	236
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114596	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	114596	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114596	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	114596,114598	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114596	5433
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	1	114595	10

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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