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Locality Name:
Gobba Di Rollin-Rocca Di Verra Ridge - Blu Lake Area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 296050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-296050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gobba Di Rollin-Rocca Di Verra Ridge - Blu Lake Area, Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blu Lake (Bleu Lake)
Gobba Di Rollin
Rocca Di Verra

Latitude: 45°53'29"N
Longitude: 7°44'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.891388888889,7.7433333333333

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: Al C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetHumiteMicaNoneOlivine
PerovskitePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelTitaniteVesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4268293,68294708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16829427770
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2168292285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41682943902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8268293,682941756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2368292,68293,68294236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1682921025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6368292,68293,682944135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21682949895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)368292,68293,682948173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)268293,682941188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3368292,68293,682941544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4368292,68293,6829414899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216829417380
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3168292495
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216829461156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1682924899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10268292,682941395



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