Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piz Vallatscha, Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 4399
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4399.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piz Vallatscha, Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°34'54"N
Longitude: 8°49'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.581666666667,8.8319444444444

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.

Axinite	Clinozoisite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Axinite Clinozoisite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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