Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Thyon, Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 283572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Thyon, Hérens Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Crête De Thyon

Latitude: 46°10'18"N
Longitude: 7°22'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.171666666667,7.3705555555556

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Annite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stilpnomelane Titanite Zircon

17 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	115102	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115102	706
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	115102	356
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115102	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115102	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	115102	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	115102	196
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	115102	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115102	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115102	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115102	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115102	5614
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115102	92
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	115102	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115102	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	115102	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115102	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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