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Locality Name:
Findel Glacier (Findeln Glacier; Findelen Glacier) Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 157669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Findel Glacier (Findeln Glacier; Findelen Glacier) Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Flue Alp
Rimpfischwäng Range
Strahlhorn

Latitude: 46°0'46"N
Longitude: 7°51'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.012777777778,7.8513888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BruciteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnetHexahydrite
NonePerovskitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVesuvianite
Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Lansfordite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11153038803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311153041534
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21115304462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111530427770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41115304951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811153041756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62115304,1153054135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2115304,1153058173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311153041544
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O017
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111530414899
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O111530484
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O111530437
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31115304495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211153051898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111530461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111530421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11153044899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102115304,1153051395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11153045251


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