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:
Arolla Valley, Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arolla Valley, Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arolla
La Gouille

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	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Heulandite	Malachite	Molybdenite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Stilbite

Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Heulandite Malachite Molybdenite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Quartz Stilbite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115086	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	115086	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115089	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	115086	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115086	8173
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	115086	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115086	1271
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	115089	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115086	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115086	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115086	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	115086,115087	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	115086	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	115086	268

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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