Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lucendro Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 155815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucendro Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lucendro Glacier
Lucendro Pass
Pizzo Della Valletta
Pizzo Lucendro

Latitude: 46°32'19"N
Longitude: 8°31'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.538611111111,8.5194444444444

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	Apatite	Beryl	Brookite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Bazzite ()*	Brookite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Sc Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Apatite Beryl Brookite Clay Corundum Fluorite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Quartz Rutile Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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	114435	141
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114437	2162
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	114437	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114437	700
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114437	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114437	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	114434,114435,114437	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114437	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114435	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114434	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114434,114435,114437	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114435	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	114436	390
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114434	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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