Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Molino Valley, Claro, Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Molino Valley, Claro, Riviera, Ticino, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pegmatite Outcrop
Santa Maria Di Claro

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Melanterite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Bieberite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Grossular ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Co F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Melanterite None Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	114584	50
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114585	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	114585	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114585	1544
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	1	114584	111
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	114584	249
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114585	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114585	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	114585	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	114585	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114585	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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