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Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland

Val Ferrera, Hinterrheintal, Graubünden (Grisons; Grischun), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera)

A major southern branch of the upper Hinterrhein valley.

Location of some metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposits.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Aegirine
'Aikinite-Bismuthinite Series'
Ansermetite (TL)
Azurite
Baryte
var: Strontian Baryte
Bergslagite
Beryl
Bismutite
Braunite
Calcite
Calderite
Chalcopyrite
Chernovite-(Y)
Covellite
Digenite
Dolomite
Emplectite
Fianelite (TL)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Hausmannite
Hematite
Jacobsite
Johninnesite
Kemmlitzite ?
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kutnohorite
Limonite
Malachite
Manganberzeliite
Manganite
Manganlotharmeyerite (TL)
Medaite
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
var: Alurgite
Palenzonaite
Paraniite-(Y)
Parsettensite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Pizgrischite (TL)
Powellite
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochlore Supergroup
var: Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Pyrophanite
Quartz
Rhodonite
Roméite Group
Sailaufite
Saneroite
Scheelite
Scheuchzerite (TL)
Siderite
Sphalerite
Talc
Tetrahedrite
Tilasite
Tiragalloite
Titanite
Tripuhyite
Wallkilldellite-(Mn)


64 entries listed. 57 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

Switzerland

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References

- Brugger, J. and Gieré, R. (1999) As, Sb, and Ce enrichment in minerals from a metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposit (Val Ferrera, Eastern Swiss Alps). Canadian Mineralogist: 37: 37-52.
- Brugger, J. and Gieré, R. (2000) Origin and distribution of some trace elements in metamorphosed Fe-Mn deposits, Val Ferrera, Eastern Swiss Alps. Canadian Mineralogist: 38: 1075-1101.

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