Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Furka Basis Tunnel (west Section), Oberwald, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 122479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Furka Basis Tunnel (west Section), Oberwald, Goms, Valais, 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

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	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite
Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	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 As Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Ln Mg Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite
Zircon

25 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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