Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
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

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	Feldspar	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	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 Ca Ce Fe Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Feldspar Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	113913	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	113910,113913	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	113908,113909	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	113908,113909	700
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113912	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	113908,113909,113910,113913	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113908	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	113913	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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