Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Riveo, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 217956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riveo, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gneiss Quarries

Latitude: 46°17'46"N
Longitude: 8°37'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.296111111111,8.6183333333333

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	Apophyllite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Titanite ()*

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 K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apophyllite Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114530	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114530	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114530	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114530	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114530	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	114530	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114530	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114530	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114530	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114530	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114530	5800
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114530	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114530	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114530	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114530	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114530	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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