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:
Monstein, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monstein, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schmelzboden
Silberberg

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113684	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	113685	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113685	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	113685	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	113685	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	113685	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	113685	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	113685	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	113685	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	113685	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113684	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113685	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	113685	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113685	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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