Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cavloc Lake, Forno Valley, Bregaglia Valley (Bergell), Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavloc Lake, Forno 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

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.

Allophane	Artinite	Clay	Columbite	None	Serpentine	Spinel	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 C Ca Ce Fe H Mg Nb O P Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Fe H Mg Nb O P Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Artinite Clay Columbite None Serpentine Spinel Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Antigorite ()*	Artinite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Magnetite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	75
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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