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Locality Name:
Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 266937
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266937.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Angeli Custodi
Bernina Pass Area
Camp Valley
Cancian Pass
Cavaglia
Le Prese
Mount Sassalb
Piz Cancian (Piz Da Cancian)
Poschiavo Lake
Selva
Varuna Glacier

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Humite	Löllingite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline
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 As Au B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Humite Löllingite Lazulite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*
Pararealgar ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Richterite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Shandite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Valentinite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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	3	113993,114000,114015	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	114005,114009	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	9	113989,113992,113993,114000,114001,114004,114005,114009,114012	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114013	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	114008	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	114001,114005	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	113995	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114013	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114008,114013	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	6	113993,113994,113997,114001,114004,114009	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	114013	166
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114003	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	114006	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	114001,114005	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114013	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	5	113989,113993,114001,114004,114009	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	113994,113995,114004,114008,114009,114013,114014	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	113994,113996,114008	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	113992,113993,113995,114007	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114013	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	6	113992,113993,113995,114003,114013,114015	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	114013	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	113992,113993,114011	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	114013	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	114013	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	113995,113996,113999,114004,114008,114009,114015	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	114003,114009,114013	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	113993,114001,114015	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	113995,114001,114009,114015	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	114013	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	113993,113994,113996,114001,114004,114008,114009,114015	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	113989	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	114000,114001,114008	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	113996,113999	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	113996,113997	409
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	114013	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	113989,113992,113993,113995,114000,114001,114004,114009	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	114013	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	113995,114003,114013,114015	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114006	172
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	3	113991,114001,114006	230
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	114004,114009	232
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114013	359
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	113993,114001	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	113995,114015	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	113992,113993,114003,114013	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	113992,113993,114013	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	114003,114004,114009,114012	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	114013	80
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	114013	37
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	2	114004,114009	57
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	114013	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	114012,114013	495
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	114009	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	113992,113993,113994,113995,113996,113997,113999,114000,114004,114006,114007,114008,114009,114011,114014,114015	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114003	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114004,114009	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	114004,114007,114009	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	113994,113999,114004,114005,114009	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	114004,114009	712
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114013	148
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	5	113992,113993,114000,114012,114014	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	113991,113993,114001,114009	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114004	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114003	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	113996,113997	1153
Shandite ()*	None	Ni₃Pb₂S₂	1	114013	14
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	113992,113993,114000,114001,114005	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	113992,113993,113994,114000,114001,114008,114011	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	4	113991,114000,114001,114013	79
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	5	113991,114001,114004,114006,114009	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	113996,113999	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	114004,114009	105
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114014	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	113993,114001,114011,114013	4899
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	2	114006,114009	369
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	113992,113993	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R170038	Le Prese, Poschiavo (Puschlav), Poschiavo Valley, Grisons, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R170038

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