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Locality Name:
Gargellen Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 190348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gargellen Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gargellen
Vergalda Valley

Latitude: 46°57'27"N
Longitude: 9°58'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.9575,9.9672222222222

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 Ca Fe H K Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteChabaziteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHeulanditeMicaNone
QuartzStilbite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Epidote  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stellerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1248858803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31248852353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5224885,248861310
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O124882310
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)224885,248868173
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O124882246
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212488517380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212488561156
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O124882189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O124882268



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