Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balayé, Finhaut, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 253343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balayé, Finhaut, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Ancylite	Apatite	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Nd) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Dewindtite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sauconite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nd O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ancylite Apatite Brannerite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Phosphuranylite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	248
Calcioancylite-(Nd) ()*	Ancylite	Nd_2.8Ca_1.2(CO₃)₄(OH)₃·H₂O	5
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	94
Dewindtite ()*	Phosphuranylite	H₂Pb₃(UO₂)₆O₄(PO₄)₄·12H₂O	82
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	56
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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