Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Neuchâtel, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neuchâtel, Switzerland": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cornaux
Cortaillod
Le Locle
Val-de-Travers

Latitude: 46°59'4"N
Longitude: 6°49'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.984444444444,6.8325

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Ettringite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fougèrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosickýite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Mg Na O P S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Ettringite Fluorite Gypsum Hydrotalcite
Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114188	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114188,114195	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	114188	1252
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	114195	93
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114188	9617
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	114195	20
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114195	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	114188,114190,114195	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114188	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114188	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	114188	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	114192	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114188	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114188	61156
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	114194	22
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114195	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	114188	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114188	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	114188	589
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	114195	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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