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Locality Name:
Maloja, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 193073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maloja, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lunghin Pass
Piz Dal Sasc
Piz Grevasalvas
Piz Lunghin

Latitude: 46°25'21"N
Longitude: 9°40'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.4225,9.6741666666667
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 F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNonePyroxeneSpinel
Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Richterite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211137993419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11137998803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311137991534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111380027770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62113800,1138024135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11138028173
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311138005433
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)22113799,11380193
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111380014899
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)21113801148
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)21113799375
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102113799,1138021395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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