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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

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 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: 
CalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetMelanteriteNonePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitanite
VesuvianiteWollastonite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Bieberite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Grossular  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O111458450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111458527770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11145851025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611145854135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11145858173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311145851544
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)1114584111
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41114584249
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111458561156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11145854899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011145851395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311145851247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11145851025



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