Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kriegalp Water Tunnel, Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kriegalp Water Tunnel, Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, 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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Mica	Milarite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Tourmaline

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Milarite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Heulandite Mica Milarite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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