Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bernina Pass Area, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 247845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernina Pass Area, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alp Grüm
Bianco Lake
Cambrena Glacier
Camin Mine (Argentera Mine; Bernina Pass Mine)
Fopal
Laguné Valley
Palü Glacier
Sassal Mason

Latitude: 46°25'34"N
Longitude: 10°3'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.426111111111,10.051944444444

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Titanite Zircon

38 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	2	113993,114000	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	113992,113993,114000,114001	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114001	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	113995	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	113993,113994,113997,114001	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	114001	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	113993,114001	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	113994,113995	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	113994,113996	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	113992,113993,113995	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	113992,113993,113995	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113992,113993	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	113995,113996,113999	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113993,114001	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	113995,114001	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	113993,113994,113996,114001	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	114000,114001	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	113996,113999	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	113996,113997	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	113992,113993,113995,114000,114001	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	113995	5433
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	2	113991,114001	230
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	113993,114001	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	113995	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	113992,113993	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	113992,113993	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	113992,113993,113994,113995,113996,113997,113999,114000	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	113994,113999	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	3	113992,113993,114000	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	113991,113993,114001	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	113996,113997	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	113992,113993,114000,114001	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	113992,113993,113994,114000,114001	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	3	113991,114000,114001	79
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	113991,114001	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	113996,113999	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	113993,114001	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	113992,113993	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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