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Locality Name:
Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass), Mt. Foppa, Adamello Massif, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 64242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass), Mt. Foppa, Adamello Massif, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pegmatite Occurrences

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 B Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Ta U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChabaziteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondine
MicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismutocolumbite  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Na  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foitite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Offretite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rossmanite  (*)Saponite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stibiocolumbite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1698288803
Bismutocolumbite  (*)NoneBiNbO41698282
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO416982823
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16982827770
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O066
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6169828289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)169828520
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F16982831
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)TourmalineCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F16982812
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1698282740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21698289617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)16982875
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216982817380
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O0146
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216982861156
Rossmanite  (*)Tourmaline   (Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)16982837
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1698282705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31698281214
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO416982813
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO416982853
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21698282718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1698285251



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