Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piz Corvatsch, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piz Corvatsch, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Furtschellas
Murtel

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.

Ardennite	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Garnet	Humite	None	Olivine	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Vivianite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Friedelite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sonolite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Tephroite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ardennite Braunite Calcite Clay Garnet Humite None Olivine Pyrosmalite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Spinel Stilpnomelane Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	113806	286
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	113806	77
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	113806	34
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	113806	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113806	27770
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	113806	814
Friedelite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1	113806	40
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	113806	43
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	113806	43
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	1	113806	25
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	2	113806,113807	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113806	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	113806,113807	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	113806	969
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	113806	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113806	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	113806,113807	240
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	113806	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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