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Locality Name:
Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 223683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Co-Ni Occurrence
Pipji Glacier

Latitude: 46°9'56"N
Longitude: 7°43'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.165555555556,7.7230555555556
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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllactiteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteGarnetHematoliteHumiteLöllingite
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrosmaliteRamsdellite
RocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitanite
VivianiteWagnerite

66 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Argandite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Flinkite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galaxite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganohörnesite  (*)
Manganosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nsutite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pennantite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Ramsdellite  (*)Reppiaite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Ribbeite  (*)Sarkinite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Takanelite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Turtmannite  (*)
Wallkilldellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)111525241
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115251445
Argandite  (*)AllactiteMn7(VO4)2(OH)811152522
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31115251231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11152519052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111525211547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1115252178
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31115251214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11152511966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311152511935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411152525516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111525227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111525227198
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2211525257
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2115251,115252966
Copper  (*)CopperCu11152523846
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2111525235
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11152522970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211152529895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115251814
Flinkite  (*)AllactiteMn2+2Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)411152526
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11152522740
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10111525240
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O4111525243
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41115252350
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161115252243
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115251103
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41115252172
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21115252234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21115251762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111525214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111525212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1115252770
Manganohörnesite  (*)VivianiteMn2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O11152519
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO111525273
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1115251633
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x1115252121
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1115251767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115251124
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)8111525225
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1115251428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111525239462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)111525221
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211152523106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31115252244
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO2111525288
Reppiaite  (*)NoneMn2+5(VO4)2(OH)411152522
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O111525155
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11152521711
Ribbeite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2111525213
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)111525230
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11152511153
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31115251531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)32115251,1152521214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111525121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11152512045
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O111525218
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211152523337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132115251,1152521803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1115252240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132115251,1152525317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11152524899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1115252433
Turtmannite  (*)HematoliteMn25O5(VO4)3(SiO4)3(OH)2011152521
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O111525220


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130044Pipji Glacier, Pipjitälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130044

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