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Locality Name:
Sambuco Valley, Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 191585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sambuco Valley, Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lake Sambuco
Narèt Area

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

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAxiniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteStilbiteTitaniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2114525,1145268803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211145262162
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21114528260
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111452627770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11145271025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11145268173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11145262740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111452614640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1114527367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32114526,1145275433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411145261507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O11145261271
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111452617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11145262349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211145281898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111452639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24114525,114526,114527,11452861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211145265614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11145274894
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1114526268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2114527,1145284899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11145265251



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