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Locality Name:
Lauterbrunnen, Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bern, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 282893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lauterbrunnen, Lauterbrunnen Valley, Bern, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chorbalm
Trachsellauenen

Latitude: 46°31'35"N
Longitude: 7°54'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.526388888889,7.9027777777778

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteFluoriteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111353711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2113536,11353727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111353727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11135374165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211135379895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211135379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111353724243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11135372812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111353714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111353714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111353717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111353739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811135379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111353761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111353721482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1113537456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311135375317



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