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Locality Name:
Albigna Glacier, Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 55724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albigna Glacier, Albigna Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te U V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te U V W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAragoniteArsenicBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCovelliteDescloizite
DigeniteEpidoteFluoriteLinariteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheelite
SchoepiteTetradymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Gladite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Powellite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S18043
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9067
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6080
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18039
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6094
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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