Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 280466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emosson, Finhaut, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Gueula Quarry
La Reffe
Le Vieux Emosson

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.

Allanite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Compreignacite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Compreignacite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Malachite ()*	Masuyite ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rameauite ()*	Rutile ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Th Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Compreignacite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Titanite Topaz Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115108	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115110	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115108	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	115108	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115108	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115108	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115108	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	115108,115109	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	115108	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115109	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	115110	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	115110	566
Compreignacite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·7H₂O	1	115109	27
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115108	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115108	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	115108	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115108	14640
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	1	115109	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115109	12537
Masuyite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	115109	23
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115108	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	115108,115110	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115108	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115108	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	115108,115109,115110	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115108,115109	61156
Rameauite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂Ca(UO₂)₆O₆(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	115109	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115108	5614
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	115108,115110	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115110	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	115108	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	115108,115109	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	115109	890
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	1	115109	52
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115108	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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