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Locality Name:
Vals, Vals Valley, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 134478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vals, Vals Valley, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Piz Aul
Piz Tomül
Tomül Pass
Valé

Latitude: 46°37'23"N
Longitude: 9°10'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.623055555556,9.1766666666667

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 Ca Ce Fe Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrookiteFeldsparMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzRutileTitanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Brookite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O611139131022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2113910,1139138803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22113908,1139092162
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22113908,113909700
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1113912945
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24113908,113909,113910,11391361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211139085614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11139134899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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