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Locality Name:
Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 281059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kaltenberg Mine

Latitude: 46°11'24"N
Longitude: 7°40'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.19,7.6805555555556
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndyrobertsiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyrite
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKobelliteLöllingite
MeneghiniteNickelineNonePerovskitePolybasitePyriteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TetrahedriteVivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hodrušite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11152452793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31115245315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11152458803
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115245445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11152453250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O31115245231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11152459052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111524511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11152451966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411152455516
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O11152454
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111524527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1115245966
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28111524518
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11152458173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115245814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11152452740
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9111524567
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11152456890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111524514640
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22111524528
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O1115245103
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311152455433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611152452228
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O1115245149
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21115245762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111524514899
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1115245633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1115245767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1115245249
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21115245233
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O111524516
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21115245317
Silver  (*)CopperAg11152455186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31115245531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111524521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11152452045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311152451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311152455317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211152452718


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