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Locality Name:
Aranno, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 122680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aranno, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Inent
La Monda Mine
Prelongo (Aranno Hammer Mill)

Latitude: 46°1'16"N
Longitude: 8°52'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.021111111111,8.8677777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Cu H O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
DevillineDiasporeDigeniteGypsumLinariteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphurWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23114542,114543,1145443092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2114543,114544363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2114543,1145449052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3114542,114543,11454411547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41114543343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32114542,1145441089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11145434979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O41114543352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23114542,114543,11454427198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11145431027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3114542,114543,11454424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2114543,1145447437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1114543717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11145436890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11145431689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611145431066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143114542,114543,114544784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS22114543,114544230
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1114543593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21114543987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23114542,114543,1145445674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32114543,11454487
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS20300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111454317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23114542,114543,11454439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83114542,114543,1145449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23114542,114543,11454461156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S210165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31114543179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1114543292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11145432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3114542,114543,11454421482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1114543446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32114543,1145443418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2114543,1145442045
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4111454366
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32114543,114544369



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