Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 3215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Curnera Valley
Giuv Valley
Maighels Valley
Milà Valley
Nalps Valley
Oberalp Pass Area
Sedrun
Strem Valley
Val Valley

Latitude: 46°39'38"N
Longitude: 8°43'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.660555555556,8.7175

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	Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite
Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Heulandite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica
Milarite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Brookite Calcite
Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Heulandite Malachite Meneghinite Mica
Milarite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

80 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bazzite ()*
Bergslagite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Crichtonite ()*	Datolite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Milarite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Seidozerite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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	2	114107,114144	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	114121	43
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	114127,114132	141
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	114104	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9	114112,114116,114117,114120,114121,114131,114144,114148,114160	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114151	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	11	114104,114116,114122,114126,114127,114132,114138,114140,114144,114148,114149	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114119	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	114104	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	114104,114121	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114104,114121	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114104	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114104,114107	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	114121,114131	255
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	2	114151,114160	51
Bergslagite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114104	9
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	114152	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114104	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	114122	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114104	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	4	114104,114116,114144,114149	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	114104,114105,114107,114110,114111,114114,114118,114120,114122,114131,114144,114149,114160,114161	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	114104	42
Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chabazite	(Sr,Ca)₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	114151	6
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	114104,114107,114144	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	5	114107,114108,114113,114114,114115	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114116,114118	1025
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	114148	27
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	114110,114161	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	114104	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	114118	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	114104	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	114107,114115,114118,114131,114144,114161	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	114104,114107,114142	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	114104,114107,114109,114127,114128,114132,114133,114160	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	2	114127,114132	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	114104,114107,114136,114144	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	114104	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114104	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	114118,114131	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114144	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	114104,114107,114120,114121,114160	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	4	114107,114120,114144,114153	246
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	114132	55
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114127,114132	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	114122,114147	784
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	3	114105,114125,114129	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	114107,114144	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114104,114107	12537
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	6	114107,114144,114156,114157,114158,114161	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	9	114104,114122,114127,114131,114132,114144,114146,114148,114149	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114107,114113,114134	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	3	114107,114144,114161	326
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	114155	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	114107,114116,114131,114142,114153,114158	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	114107,114111,114114,114115,114119,114121,114144	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114140	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	37	114104,114105,114106,114107,114108,114111,114112,114113,114114,114115,114116,114118,114119,114120,114122,114126,114127,114129,114131,114132,114133,114137,114138,114139,114140,114144,114148,114149,114150,114151,114152,114153,114155,114157,114159,114160,114161	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	18	114104,114116,114120,114122,114124,114126,114127,114131,114132,114138,114140,114141,114143,114144,114145,114148,114149,114152	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	114107,114110,114112,114151	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114104	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	4	114107,114117,114119,114153	390
Seidozerite ()*	None	Na₂Zr₂Na₂MnTi(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	1	114107	9
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	114104	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114144	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	114104	73
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	114144	268
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	114104	332
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	114104	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	3	114121,114127,114132	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	114127	55
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114104	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	114107,114114,114117,114131,114134,114139,114144	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114116	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114144	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	4	114104,114127,114132,114149	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114132	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060971	Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R060971

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