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Locality Name:
Ticino, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 14461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ticino, Switzerland": 267
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 164

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Adula Mts
Arbedo-Castione
Blenio Valley
Centovalli
Lago Maggiore
Leventina
Lugano Lake
Lumino
Maggia Valley
Malcantone
Monte Ceneri Massif
Riviera
Vedeggio Valley
Verzasca Valley

Latitude: 46°15'20"N
Longitude: 8°51'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.255555555556,8.8616666666667
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAlluauditeAlumAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusite
ApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteAuricuprideAutunite
AxiniteBaryteBerauniteBerthieriteBerylBismutiteBournoniteBranneriteBrookiteCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopiapite
CopperCoquimbiteCorundumCrichtoniteCristobaliteCubaniteDanburiteDevillineDiasporeDigenite
DjerfisheriteDumortieriteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGraftoniteGypsum
HalotrichiteHeulanditeHexahydriteHumiteHureauliteJahnsiteKaoliniteKieseriteKtenasiteLazulite
LinariteLipscombiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeloniteMeta-autuniteMicaMilleriteMinium
MixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePhenakitePhosphosideritePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRhabdophane
RockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphalerite
SpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteStilbiteStrunziteSulphurSymplesiteTalcTapiolite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTridymiteValleriiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWagneriteWollastoniteWurtzite
Zircon

241 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Autunite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bazzite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bieberite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Cannizzarite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cheralite  (*)
Chesterite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cleusonite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cummingtonite  (*)Danburite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Euclase  (*)Eulytine  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jimthompsonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Landesite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maghagendorfite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Meionite  (*)Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorzalite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staněkite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tooeleite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Whitmoreite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11145542793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23114451,114470,1145303419
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6111439243
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)66114406,114408,114430,114435,114447,114482141
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111453633
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30114339,114365,114370,114399,114401,114408,114410,114417,114426,114430,114438,114441,114444,114451,114456,114466,114470,114482,114495,114499,114501,114504,114505,114508,114522,114525,114526,114530,114551,1145888803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2114365,114408706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32452396114368,114378,114422,114426,114447,1144562353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO223114342,114363,114365,114395,114408,114410,114411,114422,114430,114431,114437,114439,114456,114468,114482,114494,114496,114498,114506,114522,114526,114559,1145882162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52114388,1144561310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2114558,1145592734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)3114426,114465,1145101588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)222114424,114426,114460,114493,114494,114501,114537,114542,114543,114544,114545,114547,114550,114551,114554,114555,114556,114557,114558,114559,114561,1145643092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22114370,114456356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2452601036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22114513,114514718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41114352708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb7114541,114543,114544,114553,114555,114556,114557363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)6114451,114470,114558,114559,114590,1145913250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17114480,114537,114538,114539,114540,114543,114544,114545,114547,114548,114550,114551,114553,114554,114555,114564,1145659052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63114541,114558,114559919
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11145811272
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe26261114375166
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)24114401,114506,114517,114528260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211143455509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11114348,114350,114482,114486,114542,114543,114544,114550,114553,114558,11455911547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O111440882
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)1114426255
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O4114430,114431,114437,11443951
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2452391114383136
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42114541,114543343
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)25114424,114430,114432,114440,114482606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182452612114339,114369,114382,114386,114387,114444,114454,114504,114505,114582,114586,1146004286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2111458896
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O111458450
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73114555,114558,114559450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3114537,114539,1145401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33114537,114540,1145881935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113114541,114554,114555843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS36114541,114542,114544,114558,114559,1145611089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61114588248
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO27114363,114408,114437,114439,114496,114506,114588700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21114491361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)28114337,114342,114344,114361,114363,114365,114373,114409,114424,114426,114427,114451,114470,114495,114501,114506,114526,114530,114537,114545,114547,114553,114558,114559,114564,114585,114590,11459127770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O1114370232
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23111440841
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3114543,114558,1145594979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O43114541,114543,114554352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226114350,114370,114373,114390,114480,114491,114539,114540,114542,114543,114544,114547,114548,114550,114551,114553,114555,114557,114558,114559,114561,114564,114565,114568,114570,11457927198
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2245239111438350
Chesterite  (*)NoneMg17Si20O54(OH)63114513,114514,1145959
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)22114368,114456376
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F22114532,114598285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O426263114352,114375,1145763902
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41114473321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11145823531
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38111443014
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811114351,114355,114365,114426,114431,114441,114456,114522,114532,114588,1145981756
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6111457694
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F22114532,114598236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4114510,114527,114530,1145851025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1114365966
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62452392114370,114383518
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1114390382
Copper  (*)CopperCu26262114375,1143763846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O2452391114383136
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182452393114379,114416,1144561008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O36114336,114337,114370,114473,114475,1144761797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21114536453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31114491802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21114596327
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81114417148
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)1114476481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41114426651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2114541,1145431027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O64114420,114576,114585,1145964135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl2626111437560
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22114344,1144769895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2114456,114476648
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182452393114337,114379,114383231
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O63114353,114576,114596944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)7114373,114414,114426,114510,114526,114530,1145858173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1114414138
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)2114441,114495120
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3111458872
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O61114370414
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239111438372
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1114536371
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)2452392114378,114383108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2452399114379,114383,114426,114430,114437,114442,114445,114468,1145262740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2114530,114571303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF215114348,114350,114407,114415,114418,114426,114437,114442,114443,114464,114482,114486,114516,114530,1145889617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)5114352,114532,114576,114596,1145981188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)23114408,114411,114482163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42452391114383445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17114348,114350,114408,114480,114542,114543,114544,114545,114547,114548,114550,114551,114555,114558,114559,114561,11456424243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21114336178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)8114423,114431,114496,114536,114543,114544,114555,1145567437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10114427,114480,114491,114537,114545,114547,114550,114554,114555,11456430554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61114358173
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)22452394114378,114380,114383,114384107
Graphite  (*)NoneC4114473,114547,114564,1145702812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS4114541,114543,114558,114559717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311145851544
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1114553170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3114408,114508,1145436890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S226261114375205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313114408,114413,114426,114430,114434,114435,114437,114439,114494,114495,114501,114526,11455914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4114541,114543,114558,1145591689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41114370407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1114491804
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1114584111
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2452392114378,114383204
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O2114426,114489246
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2452391114381251
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O2114554,114555103
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O2452391114383125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH2452393114370,114378,114527367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63114543,114558,1145591066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O318114337,114340,114342,114420,114437,114441,114456,114496,114497,114502,114505,114526,114527,114530,114537,114576,114588,1145965433
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O245239111438327
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S148114367,114541,114542,114543,114544,114553,114554,114555784
Jimthompsonite  (*)NoneMg5Si6O16(OH)23114513,114514,11459510
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411144035591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS25114541,114543,114544,114553,114556230
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3245239111437834
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO410114337,114364,114365,114368,114388,114400,114456,114472,114474,1145261507
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O245239111438314
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1114543593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12114361,114365,114373,114426,114430,114489,114508,114526,114530,114570,114571,1145881271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24114541,114543,114558,114559987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S42114537,114584249
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2245239111438347
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O245239111437866
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)26261114375451
Maghagendorfite  (*)AlluauditeNa2MgFe2+Fe3+(PO4)324523911143785
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3114353,114513,1145141487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426269114351,114352,114370,114375,114402,114408,114420,114431,11453014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22114558,11455912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS213114342,114427,114542,114543,114544,114547,114548,114550,114551,114555,114559,114564,1145685674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21114491252
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)4114363,114365,114463,114473176
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239111438343
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2452391114383388
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S34114533,114543,114544,11455687
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2452391114383443
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS23114541,114554,114555300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11145504924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11143521066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42114558,114559247
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2452392114378,114383129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS27114348,114372,114482,114491,114510,114530,1145885800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2114365,114370945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)224523943114336,114365,114373,114383,114401,114409,114410,114417,114426,114430,114435,114441,114456,114468,114474,114480,114494,114495,114496,114497,114501,114502,114504,114505,114506,114526,114537,114538,114539,114540,114543,114547,114550,114553,114555,114556,114557,114559,114561,114564,114577,114580,11458117380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1114370884
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1114536492
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61114576229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3114463,114482,1145812994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2114482,1145262349
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O111445624
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1114365767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22114370,114456247
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1114536124
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1114408144
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21114336313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S826263114352,114375,1143761512
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)5114430,114434,114454,114482,114494326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)24114370,114420,114456,1144732273
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452391114383182
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2452391114381265
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114510260
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1114588494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)214114363,114365,114373,114401,114426,114455,114458,114464,114494,114499,114510,114517,114528,1145301898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32114554,1145551425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS224523940114344,114352,114373,114383,114390,114408,114420,114424,114427,114431,114451,114461,114480,114491,114518,114526,114530,114537,114538,114539,114540,114542,114543,114544,114545,114547,114548,114550,114551,114553,114554,114555,114556,114559,114561,114564,114565,114568,114570,11457939462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31114576341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523926114352,114370,114373,114383,114390,114480,114491,114530,114537,114540,114542,114543,114544,114547,114548,114550,114551,114553,114555,114556,114559,114564,114565,114568,114570,1145799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224523988114340,114344,114347,114356,114363,114365,114368,114373,114383,114394,114396,114398,114399,114400,114401,114404,114408,114409,114410,114411,114426,114427,114430,114431,114432,114434,114435,114437,114439,114441,114444,114446,114451,114456,114467,114468,114470,114480,114481,114482,114491,114492,114494,114495,114496,114497,114498,114499,114500,114501,114502,114504,114505,114506,114508,114521,114525,114526,114527,114528,114530,114537,114538,114539,114540,114541,114542,114543,114544,114545,114547,114548,114550,114551,114553,114554,114555,114556,114557,114558,114559,114561,114564,114565,114568,114581,114585,11458861156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O111453368
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52452391114383206
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22114558,114559454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2452391114383293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO238114339,114342,114344,114363,114365,114398,114399,114401,114408,114410,114420,114425,114426,114430,114431,114435,114441,114446,114451,114456,114470,114492,114494,114495,114496,114497,114498,114501,114502,114506,114526,114537,114547,114548,114555,114559,114564,1145885614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81114482353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1114484598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4114344,114527,114533,1145884894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2452397114337,114383,114421,114471,114574,114580,1145862705
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1114533142
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O2114426,114436390
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2245239111438360
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211114541165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32114541,114543179
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O1114408241
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2114541,114543292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11114342,114365,114423,114424,114441,114451,114460,114470,114496,114504,1145886417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2111437092
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO54114337,114388,114456,1145801516
Silver  (*)CopperAg3114555,114558,1145595186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3114543,114558,1145592473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)2114342,11446077
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1114370444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18114349,114426,114480,114491,114541,114542,114543,114544,114545,114547,114551,114553,114555,114557,114558,114559,114561,11456421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O43114337,114420,1145761934
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)245239111437813
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)5114362,114366,114400,114456,114477978
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1114373189
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)4114541,114543,114554,114555446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S36114541,114543,114544,114553,114556,1145573418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1114526268
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O111453690
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O245239111438398
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2114543,1145442045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O111453692
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F5114408,114454,114464,114482,114588232
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O2452391114383139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)25114351,114353,114354,114513,1145143337
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O62452392114383,11458688
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133114554,114558,1145595317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24114363,114365,114414,114417,114425,114426,114434,114442,114450,114455,114492,114506,114512,114515,114516,114522,114527,114528,114530,114548,114555,114565,114585,1145884899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O3114482,114558,114559433
Tooeleite  (*)NoneFe3+6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4·4H2O111453610
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23114473,114476,1145142562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2452392114378,114383313
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4111454366
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2111436473
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O245239111438381
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224523911143832718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2452391114383890
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O35114541,114543,114544,114554,114556369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2114537,114555237
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl4114510,114558,114559,114588605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1114370652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011145851395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41114370380
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2452392114378,114383636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O245239111438336
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311145851247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43114558,114559,1145881655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)5114365,114408,114430,114431,114439939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3114370,114526,1145825251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2114510,1145851025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000854All of these pegmatites are hosted by high-grade sillimanite- and garnet-bearing mica schists belonging to the crystalline basement of the Southern Alps. The dikes consist of albite + quartz pegmatite with almandine, schorl, and muscovite as common accessories. These pegmatites can be classified as the beryl-columbite-phosphate subtype in the classification of Černý & Ercit (2005).


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_043262626±0U/Pb monazite     191693Palagnedra, Centovalli, Ticino, SwitzerlandPalagnedraMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_027245239242±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  122695Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland—McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Giersdorf_00000854242242242        122695Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, SwitzerlandBrissago PegmatiteVignola et al. (2018)10.3749/canmin.1700058TCM56_411 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050168Venett (Vanit; Cadonighino Pass), Campolungo, Piumogna Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/X050168

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