Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niederwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 107724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bettelbach (Bettlibach)

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chloritoid	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

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 C Ca Fe H O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chloritoid None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115052	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115052	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	115052	376
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115052	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115052	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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