Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Moesa, Mesolcina Valley (Misox), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 302434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moesa, Mesolcina Valley (Misox), Grisons, Switzerland": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Calanca Valley
Cama
Grono
Lostallo
Roveredo
San Vittore

Latitude: 46°15'2"N
Longitude: 9°12'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.250555555556,9.2094444444444

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Heulandite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite
Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Heulandite Mica Molybdenite Monazite
Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113956	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	113966	43
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	113956,113957,113961,113966,113967,113968	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113968	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	113978	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	113956	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	113962	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113962	718
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	113956	161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	6	113956,113961,113967,113968,113970,113978	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	113956,113957,113958,113962	27770
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	113964	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	113966	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	113972	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	113975	1797
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	113957	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	113962	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	113962	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	113956,113957,113958	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	113956	138
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	113966	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	113963	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	113956	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113956	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	113962	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	113975	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113956	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	113956	741
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	113956	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	113956,113957	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	113956,113962,113972,113975	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	113956	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113962	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	113956	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	113956	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	113961,113966	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	113956,113957,113961,113967,113968	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113975	313
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	113953	495
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	113957	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	113956,113957,113959	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	113956,113957	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	113956,113957,113961,113962,113966,113967,113968,113978	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113956	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	113961,113967,113968	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	113956	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	113962,113973	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	113966	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113956	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113962	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	113956,113958	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113962	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	113961,113978	2718
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	113956	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	113956,113974	1395
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	113967	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	113961	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	113961,113966,113967,113968	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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