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Locality Name:
Brusio, Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 247846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brusio, Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Campocologno
Selvaplana
Val Sanzan

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteGypsumHexahydriteMica
NickelineNonePrehnitePyriteRocksaltTalcTitaniteTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Schorl  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211139853092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2113986,1139873250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3113985,113986,11398727770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83113985,113986,1139871756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11139851025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22113986,1139879895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2113986,11398724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3113985,113986,1139877437
Graphite  (*)NoneC11139862812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2113986,1139876890
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1113986251
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23113985,113986,11398717380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211139851898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22113986,11398739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811139859056
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101113986312
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11139852705
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211139863337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11139854899


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