Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bern, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bern, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lauterbrunnen
Sous Valley
Stufistein

Latitude: 46°31'34"N
Longitude: 7°54'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.526111111111,7.9027777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Covellite Fluorite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	113537	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	113536,113537,113539	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113537	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	113540	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113537	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	113537	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113537	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	113537	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	113537	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	113537	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113537	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113537	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113537	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	113537	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113537	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113537	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	113537	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	113537	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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