Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sils Im Engadin, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 193077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sils Im Engadin, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blaunca
Fedoz Valley
Plaun Grand
Sils-Baselgia

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*

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 Cd Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Hexahydrite Malachite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	113826	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	113827	3092
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113825	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	113824	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113827	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	113824	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	113824,113827	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	113824	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113824	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	113825	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	113824	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	113827,113828	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	113827	717
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	113824	251
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	113825	367
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	113827	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	113824	593
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113825	238
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113826	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	113824,113825	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113824	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	113824	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	113824,113827,113828	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	113824	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113827	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113826	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113824	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113827	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	113824	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113825	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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