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Locality Name:
Allalin Area, Saas-Almagell, Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 31370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allalin Area, Saas-Almagell, Saas Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Allalin Glacier
Allalinhorn

Latitude: 46°2'43"N
Longitude: 7°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.045277777778,7.9163888888889
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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteEpidoteHumiteMicaNone
OlivinePerovskitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Jadeite  (*)Magnesiochloritoid  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Preiswerkite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2111533349
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811153321756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11153328173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)21115333286
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Magnesiochloritoid  (*)ChloritoidMgAl2O(SiO4)(OH)2111533212
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)11153321487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111533214899
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O61115332229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21115332247
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31115332495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Preiswerkite  (*)MicaNaAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2111533314
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211153323337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11153321025


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