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Locality Name:
Schwarzhorn, Geisspfad Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 29339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schwarzhorn, Geisspfad Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°20'3"N
Longitude: 8°13'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.334166666667,8.2241666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMolybdenite
NatroliteNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneSpinelStilbiteThomsoniteTitaniteVesuvianite
Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380


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