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:
Lucerne, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lucerne, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Entlebuch
Sörenberg
Western Pilatus Range
Wolhusen

Latitude: 46°56'29"N
Longitude: 8°6'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.941388888889,8.1113888888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Spinel

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote None Palygorskite Pyrite
Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114183,114184	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114183,114184	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114180	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114180	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114180	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114180	14899
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	2	114181,114185	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114183	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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