Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 7683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°46'57"N
Longitude: 6°52'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.7825,6.8677777777778

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite
Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite
Monazite	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epistilbite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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: Al As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite
Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite
Monazite Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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