Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 32881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Acquarossa
Camadra Valley
Carassino Valley
Loderio
Olivone
Pinaderio
Pizzo Terri (Piz Terri)
Santa Maria Valley

Latitude: 46°30'37"N
Longitude: 8°56'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.510277777778,8.9405555555556

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid
Clay	Cobaltite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc
Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goyazite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid
Clay Cobaltite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc
Titanite Zircon

49 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)	2	114339,114365	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114365	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114368	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	114342,114363,114365	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114352	708
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114345	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114348,114350	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	114339	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114363	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	114342,114344,114361,114363,114365	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114350	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	114368	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	114352	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	114351,114355,114365	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	114365	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114344	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	114353	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	114348,114350	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	114352	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114348,114350	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	114358	173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114340,114342	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	114367	784
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	114364,114365,114368	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	114361,114365	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	114353	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	114351,114352	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	114342	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	2	114363,114365	176
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	114352	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114348	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	114365	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114365	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	114365	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	114352	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114363,114365	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114344,114352	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114352	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	114340,114344,114347,114356,114363,114365,114368	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	114339,114342,114344,114363,114365	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114344	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	114342,114365	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	114342	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114349	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	114362,114366	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114351,114353,114354	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114363,114365	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114364	73
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114365	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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