Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Forno Glacier, Forno Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 188954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forno Glacier, Forno Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°19'28"N
Longitude: 9°42'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.324444444444,9.7013888888889

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	Beryl	Columbite	Dumortierite	Kobellite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz
Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite

Beryl ()*	Cerussite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Uranopolycrase ()*

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 Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Ti U W Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Beryl Columbite Dumortierite Kobellite Molybdenite Natrolite None Pyroxene Quartz
Scheelite Spinel Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	231
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	192
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Uranopolycrase ()*	Columbite	UTi₂O₆	13

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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