Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Raron, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raron, Valais, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bietsch Valley
Joli Valley
Lötschberg Basis Tunnel
St German

Latitude: 46°18'36"N
Longitude: 7°47'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.31,7.8

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115216	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	115215	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115216	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115216	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115217	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115214,115216,115217	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115216	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	115216	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	115216,115217	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115216	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115216	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	115216	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	115216,115217	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	115216,115217	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115216	5433
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	115215,115216	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	115215	945
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	115217	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	115216,115217	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115216	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	115213,115216,115217	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115216	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	115215	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	115216,115217	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	115215	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115216	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115217	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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