Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vernayaz, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vernayaz, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Miéville

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.

Aeschynite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt

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 F Fe H Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	115258	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	115258,115259	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115258	2162
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115259	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115259	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115259	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115258	5433
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115258	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115258,115259	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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