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:
Monte Basòdino, Robièi (Alpe Di Robièi; Lake Robièi Area), Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 155817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Basòdino, Robièi (Alpe Di Robièi; Lake Robièi Area), Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Basodino Glacier
Zött Lake

Latitude: 46°24'42"N
Longitude: 8°28'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.411666666667,8.4680555555556

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.

Axinite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rutile	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 B Be C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Beryl Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rutile Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	114504,114505	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114506	2162
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	114506	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	114504,114505	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114506	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114506	27770
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114505	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114504,114505,114506	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114504,114505,114506	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114506	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114504	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114506	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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