Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ritter Pass - Ritterchumme Area, Chummibort, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 7777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ritter Pass - Ritterchumme Area, Chummibort, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°17'48"N
Longitude: 8°10'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.296666666667,8.1672222222222

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	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum
Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Genthelvite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Senaite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Ln Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Apatite Bastnäsite Beryl Bismutite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum
Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	46
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	None	YNbO₄	17
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	31
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Y,U,Mn)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	9
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe³⁺₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₈O₃₈	9
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	55
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	28
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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