Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fusio
Mogno
Peccia Valley
Prato
Sambuco Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Axinite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stilbite
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Calcite ()*
Chesterite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jimthompsonite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Axinite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stilbite
Talc Titanite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	114522,114525,114526	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	114522,114526	2162
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	718
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	114517,114528	260
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114526	27770
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	2	114513,114514	9
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114522	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114527	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114526	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114526	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114516	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114526	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	114527	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114526,114527	5433
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	10
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114526	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114526	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	114513,114514	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114526	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114526	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114517,114528	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114518,114526	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	114521,114525,114526,114527,114528	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114526	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114527	4894
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	114526	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6	114512,114515,114516,114522,114527,114528	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114514	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114526	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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