Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pipji Glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 14685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pipji Glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°9'56"N
Longitude: 7°43'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.165555555556,7.7230555555556

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.

Allactite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite	Garnet	Hematolite	Humite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wagnerite

Algodonite ()*	Argandite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Crednerite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Flinkite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Friedelite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Nsutite ()*	Pennantite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Ramsdellite ()*	Reppiaite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Ribbeite ()*
Sarkinite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Takanelite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Turtmannite ()*
Wallkilldellite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allactite Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Descloizite Garnet Hematolite Humite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Pyrosmalite Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wagnerite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	41
Argandite ()*	Allactite	Mn₇(VO₄)₂(OH)₈	2
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	35
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Flinkite ()*	Allactite	Mn²⁺₂Mn³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₄	6
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Friedelite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	40
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	43
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	172
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	770
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	73
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	121
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	25
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	88
Reppiaite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₅(VO₄)₂(OH)₄	2
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Ribbeite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	13
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	30
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O	18
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Turtmannite ()*	Hematolite	Mn₂₅O₅(VO₄)₃(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂₀	1
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130044	Pipji Glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R130044

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