Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bellwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 186632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fürgangen
Risihorn

Latitude: 46°27'47"N
Longitude: 8°9'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.463055555556,8.1544444444444

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Zircon

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 Fe Mg Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114994	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114994	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114994	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114994	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114994	9895
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	114994	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114994	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114994,114995	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114994	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114994,114995	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114994	6417
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114994	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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