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Copper mineralization, Rhône gorge (Rhone gorge), Ernen, Goms, Valais, Switzerlandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Copper mineralization | - not defined - |
| Rhône gorge (Rhone gorge) | Gorge |
| Ernen | Municipality |
| Goms | District |
| Valais | Canton |
| Switzerland | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° North , 8° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~7km
Köppen climate type:
Name(s) in local language(s):
Kupfermineralisation, Rhôneschlucht (Rhoneschlucht; Rhone-Schlucht), Ernen, Goms, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera)
Copper-bearing quartz vein, hosted by gneiss.
Located SW of Ernen.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Azurite Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Native Silver Formula: Ag |
| ⓘ Pickeringite Formula: MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Azurite | 5.BA.05 | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Pickeringite | 7.CB.85 | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| S | ⓘ Pickeringite | MgAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
| S | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Bornite | Cu5FeS4 |
| Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Cu | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| As | Arsenic | |
| As | ⓘ Tennantite Subgroup | Cu6(Cu4C22+)As4S12S |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Native Silver | Ag |
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