Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Biel (Bienne), Bern, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biel (Bienne), Bern, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Büren An Der Aare
La Reuchenette
Twann

Latitude: 47°9'26"N
Longitude: 7°11'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.157222222222,7.1977777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	Marcasite	None	Palygorskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*
Marcasite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cr Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Iron Marcasite None Palygorskite
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	113404,113405	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	113405	1252
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	113405	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	113405	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	113407	1089
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	113405	5674
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	113404	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113405	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113405	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	113407	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113405	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	113405	589
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	113405	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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