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:
Narèt Area, Sambuco Valley, Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 70316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-70316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Narèt Area, Sambuco Valley, Lavizzara Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lake Scuro
Narèt Pass

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Axinite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stilbite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	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: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti W Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Axinite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stilbite Titanite Zircon

22 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)	0		8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	114528	260
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114527	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	114527	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114527	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114528	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114527,114528	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114527	4894
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114527,114528	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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