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:
Starlera Valley, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Starlera Valley, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bergwiesen
Piz Starlera
Starlera Mine

Latitude: 46°31'21"N
Longitude: 9°27'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5225,9.4630555555556

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.

Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	Natrochalcite	None	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bergslagite ()*	Beryl ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalcioroméite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Manganlotharmeyerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sailaufite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tilasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tripuhyite ()*
Wallkilldellite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arseniosiderite Baryte Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Mica Natrochalcite None Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rutile Titanite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	113866	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	113866	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	113866	11547
Bergslagite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113866	9
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	113864	4286
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	113866	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	113864,113866	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113864	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	113864,113866	2740
Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na)₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₆F	1	113866	8
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113866	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	113864,113866	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	113864	234
Manganlotharmeyerite ()*	Natrochalcite	CaMn³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	113866	3
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113866	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	113866	2273
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	113866	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	113864,113866	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	113866	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113866	5614
Sailaufite ()*	Arseniosiderite	(Ca,Na, )₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	113866	3
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	113864,113866	1214
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	1	113866	34
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	113866	4899
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	113866	66
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	1	113866	20
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	113866	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120140	Starlera Mine, Starlera Valley, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R120140

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