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:
Gronda Da Cavrein Valley, Russein Valley, Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gronda Da Cavrein Valley, Russein Valley, Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Piz Cuolmet
Upper Cavrein Alp

Latitude: 46°46'10"N
Longitude: 8°51'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.769444444444,8.8622222222222

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz
Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	114084,114085	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	114084,114085	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114084,114085	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114084,114085	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114084,114085	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114084,114085	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114084,114085	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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