Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Martigny Road Tunnel, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martigny Road Tunnel, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kieserite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Starkeyite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Titanite ()*	Trona ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kieserite Kobellite Lillianite Mica Monazite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Starkeyite Titanite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	41
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	129
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	128
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	139
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	129
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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