Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 157848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Saas-Almagell
Saas-Fee

Latitude: 46°4'2"N
Longitude: 7°54'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.067222222222,7.915

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

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Augite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Grossular ()*	Jadeite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesiochloritoid ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Preiswerkite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn 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 Brochantite Calcite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Hexahydrite Humite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Talc
Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115341	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	115335,115336,115341	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	4	115335,115340,115341,115342	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	115331	2060
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115333	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	115340	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	115331,115334,115335,115341,115345	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	115331	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	115335,115341	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	7	115331,115332,115335,115340,115341,115342,115345	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	115331	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	115341	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	115340,115341,115345	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	115335,115340,115341,115342,115345	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	115331	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	115331,115332,115334,115335,115341,115345	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	115335,115340,115341	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	115331	1188
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115333	286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	7	115335,115336,115340,115341,115342,115344,115345	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	4	115331,115332,115335,115341	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115345	12537
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	115335,115341	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115336	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	115341	37
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	3	115331,115332,115341	495
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115341	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	115331,115334,115335,115337,115341	1898
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115331,115333	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	115334,115335,115341	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	115331,115334,115335,115336,115337	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	115331,115341	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	115341	189
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115332,115336	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	115345	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	115331,115334,115335,115336,115340,115341,115345	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5	115335,115340,115341,115342,115345	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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