Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vals Valley, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 31570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vals Valley, Lugnez Valley (Lumnezia Valley), Grisons, Switzerland": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bucarischuna
Guraletschhorn
Lake Zervreila
Länta
Vals

Latitude: 46°35'25"N
Longitude: 9°5'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.590277777778,9.0975

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Danburite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Cosalite ()*	Danburite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Danburite Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	113913	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	113896,113910,113913	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	113908,113909	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	113908,113909	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	113896,113901,113905	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	113898	376
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	113902	344
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	2	113904,113905	148
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113901	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	113896,113901,113905	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	113902	5433
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	1	113902	25
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	113896	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113912	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113896	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113896	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	113896,113900,113901,113902,113908,113909,113910,113913	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	113908	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	113896,113913	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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