Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Chamoson, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 287437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287437.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chamoson, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Haut De Cry

Latitude: 46°13'30"N
Longitude: 7°10'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.225,7.1788888888889

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilpnomelane

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114970	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	114970	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114970	1756
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114970	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114970	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114970	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	114970	1508
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	114970	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114970	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114970	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	114970	456

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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