Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Grimentz, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 247856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grimentz, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baicolliou Mine
Marais Alp
Moiry Valley
Sex De Marinda (Sex De Marendaz)

Latitude: 46°8'5"N
Longitude: 7°34'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.134722222222,7.58

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline	Tyrolite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline Tyrolite Vesuvianite Vivianite

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Idaite ()*
Jôkokuite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Parnauite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*

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	114774	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114774	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114774	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	114770,114772,114774,114775	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114765	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114765	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114765	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	114765	1935
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	1	114765	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114765	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	3	114765,114767,114773	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114768,114775	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	114765	154
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	114765	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	114767,114768	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	114765	925
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	114765	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	114765,114767,114773,114776	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	114765,114774,114775	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	114765	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	114770,114772,114774,114775	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	114774,114775	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	114765	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	114765,114767	4165
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	1	114765	43
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	114765	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	114765	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	114774,114775	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114776	648
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	114765	246
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114774	944
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	114765	814
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	114765	105
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114765	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	114774,114775	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114768	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114765,114767	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	114774,114775	407
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	114775	367
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	114765	142
Jôkokuite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	114765	7
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	114765	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	114765	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	114770,114772,114774,114775	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	114765	451
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	2	114774,114775	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	114774,114775	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114765,114767	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	1	114765	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114765	5800
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	2	114765,114768	105
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	114774,114775	1512
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	2	114765,114773	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	114767,114768,114773,114774,114775,114776	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114767,114768,114774	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	114765	233
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	114765	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	114765,114767	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114771,114774,114775	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	114767,114768	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	114765,114767	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	114765	245
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	114776	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	114774,114775	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	114765	297
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	114765	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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