Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aletsch Area, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aletsch Area, Valais, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aletsch Glacier
Bettmerhorn
Upper Aletsch Glacier

Latitude: 46°29'19"N
Longitude: 8°3'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.488611111111,8.0530555555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Quartz
Titanite

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite None Quartz
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114741	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114741	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114744,114745	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114741,114746	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114744	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	114745,114746	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114743,114746	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	114741,114743,114744,114745,114746	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114744,114746	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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