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Locality Name:
Saas-Almagell, Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saas-Almagell, Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Allalin Area
Chessjen Glacier
Egginer (Egginerhorn)
Mattmark Reservoir
Mittaghorn

Latitude: 46°3'40"N
Longitude: 7°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.061111111111,7.9333333333333

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	Calcite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Garnet	Humite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*
Barroisite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Grossular ()*	Jadeite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Preiswerkite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Garnet Humite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

38 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)	2	115335,115336	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115336	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	115335,115337	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115335	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	115331	2060
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115333	49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115331,115334,115335	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	115331	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	115335	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	115331,115332,115335	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	115331	236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	115335	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	115331	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	115331,115332,115334,115335	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115335	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	115331	1188
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115333	286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	115335,115336	1544
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	115331	154
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	115336	1507
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	115332	12
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	115332	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	115331,115332,115335	14899
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	115335	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115336	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	115331,115332	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115332	247
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	115331,115332	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	115331,115334,115335,115337	1898
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115331,115333	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	115334,115335	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	115331,115334,115335,115336,115337	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	115331	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115332,115336	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	115331,115334,115335,115336	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	115335	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115336	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	115332,115336	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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