Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gorner Glacier Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29787
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29787.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorner Glacier Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Breithorn
Gornergrat
Grenz Glacier
Klein Matterhorn (Chli Matterhorn)
Lichenbretter
Pollux
Riffelhorn (incl. Gagenhaupt; Gakihaupt)
Schwärze (Schwärze Glacier)
Stockhorn
Theodul Glacier
Triftji (Triftji Glacier)

Latitude: 45°57'35"N
Longitude: 7°46'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.959722222222,7.7772222222222

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.

Allophane	Analcime	Apatite	Axinite	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay
Clinozoisite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Hexahydrite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*
Bearthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apatite Axinite Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay
Clinozoisite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Hexahydrite Lazulite Malachite Mica Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Vesuvianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	115307,115311,115312	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	115312	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5	115307,115310,115311,115314,115320	1534
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	115317,115318	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115309	5509
Bearthite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ca₂Al(PO₄)₂(OH)	1	115317	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	115307,115310,115311,115312,115319	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115309	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	115313	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	115310,115311,115313,115314,115320	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5	115307,115310,115311,115312,115319	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	115307,115311,115312	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	115311,115312,115318	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	115307,115311,115312	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	115307,115310,115311,115312,115314	1544
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	115317	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115318	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	115316,115317	232
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	115317	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	115310,115312,115319	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115309	12537
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	115312	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115317	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	115312	1236
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	115312	37
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	115310,115319	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	115317	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115312,115318	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115317,115318	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	115310,115319	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115317	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6	115307,115310,115311,115312,115318,115319	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	5	115307,115310,115311,115312,115318	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	115308,115311	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060596	Gorner Glacier Area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R060596

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