Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piz Rondadura, Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piz Rondadura, Nalps Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°34'34"N
Longitude: 8°45'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.576111111111,8.7508333333333

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	Corundum	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Be C Ca Ce F Fe H Nb O P Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be C Ca Ce F Fe H Ln Nb O P Si Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Corundum Fluorite Gadolinite Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Zircon

12 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	55
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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