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Locality Name:
Gischi Glacier (incl. Gischihorn), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gischi Glacier (incl. Gischihorn), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°18'58"N
Longitude: 8°12'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.316111111111,8.2147222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite
Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Milarite	Mixite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Sulphur	Titanite	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bismutite
Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Milarite Mixite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Sulphur Titanite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbecasite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brookite ()*
Cafarsite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Crichtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Milarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Senaite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Tilasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zálesíite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Asbecasite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₃TiAs₆Be₂Si₂O₂₀	8
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Cafarsite ()*	None	(Ca,Na, )₁₉Ti₈Fe³⁺₄Fe²⁺₄(AsO₃)₂₈F	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	46
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)	23
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	182
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	156
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	28
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	34
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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