Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arbedo-Castione, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 296715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arbedo-Castione, Ticino, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arbedo Valley
Castione

Latitude: 46°13'37"N
Longitude: 9°2'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.226944444444,9.0477777777778

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Dumortierite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel	Tourmaline

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Dumortierite Mica None Not in a structural group Spinel Tourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114337	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	114336,114337	1797
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	114337	231
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114336	178
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114337	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114337	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114336	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114336	313
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114337	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	114337	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	114337	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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