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Locality Name:
Selva, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 193435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Selva, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quadrada
Scortaseo (Scurtaseu)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAuricuprideBrochantiteCalciteChloriteClayCopperCorundumGarnet
HexahydriteHumiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneSerpentineSpinelStarkeyiteTalcTitaniteTourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Awaruite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Richterite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Shandite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311140131534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41114013708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11140133250
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1114013166
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611140131633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2114013,11401427770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41114013951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811140131756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F21114013236
Copper  (*)CopperCu11140133846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611140134135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1114013648
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11140131188
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21114013205
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1114013341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311140135433
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41114013359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111401314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111401312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O111401380
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O111401337
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811140131512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31114013495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111401439462
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)21114013148
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101114014312
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2111401314
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O111401379
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211140143337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11140134899



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