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Locality Name:
Montjovet, Aosta Valley, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 20352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montjovet, Aosta Valley, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Banchettes
Col Marchage
Petit Monde Tunnel
Rhodoz Valley (Rodoz Valley)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au C Ca Cr F Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArtiniteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteGarnetHumite
HydrotalciteNoneOlivinePectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelThomsonite
TitaniteVesuvianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coalingite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3368427,68429,684301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4168430708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1684293250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O16842975
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4168430951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81684301756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2168430236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1684291025
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O16842927
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6368427,68428,684304135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1684308173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1684301188
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3468427,68428,68429,684301544
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O168429341
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4168429311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416843014899
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)168429363
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3168430495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21684301898
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O16842989
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O168429452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268428,684304899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10268427,684301395


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