Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Langwies, Schanfig Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 188903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langwies, Schanfig Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fondei Valley
Langwies Meteorite
Litzirüti

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Ardennite	Axinite	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Humite	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Serpentine	Stilpnomelane

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 C Ca Cu H K Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ardennite Axinite Braunite Calcite Clay Copper Epidote Humite None Pyroxene
Quartz Serpentine Stilpnomelane

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alleghanyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Copper ()*
Enstatite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sursassite ()*
Tinzenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	114030	77
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	114030	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114030,114032	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114032	83
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	114030	3846
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114031	944
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	2	114030,114032	43
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114032	260
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114032	61156
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1	114032	24
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	114032	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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