Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 215420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alpe Pirlo
Braccia Mt.
Castellaccio Quarry (ex Cabello; Ex Nuova Serpentino D'Italia Quarry)
Giuèl Quarries
Giumellini Valley (Giumellino Valley)
Lagazzuolo
Lake Palù
Muretto Valley
Pradaccio Peak
Primolo
Sassa D'Entova
Senevedo Alp
Sissone Valley
Tremogge Peak
Ventina Valley

Latitude: 46°17'56"N
Longitude: 9°47'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.298888888889,9.7994444444444

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Calzirtite
Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite
Ettringite	Fluorite	Garnet	Hexahydrite	Humite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Brookite Calcite Calzirtite
Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Epsomite
Ettringite Fluorite Garnet Hexahydrite Humite Lazulite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Vesuvianite
Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Helvine ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Opal ()*
Pargasite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vishnevite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	70123,70128,70131	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70116	141
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	70116,70133	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70119	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70119,70120	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	70126	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70126	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	70118	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	70126,70131	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	70131	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70133	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	70116,70117,70118,70119,70120,70121,70122,70123,70127,70129	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	0		32
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70116	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	2	70126,70132	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70120	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	8	70116,70117,70118,70119,70120,70121,70129,70133	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	11	70117,70118,70119,70120,70121,70122,70123,70127,70129,70131,70132	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70116,70133	1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	70118,70131	86
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	70120	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	70131	1797
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	70116	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	70116,70119,70121,70122,70127,70131,70133	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	70126	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70116,70131	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	9	70117,70118,70119,70120,70121,70122,70129,70131,70132	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70116	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	2	70131,70134	70
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	5	70116,70119,70126,70131,70133	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	70126	350
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	70126	237
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	70116,70120,70121,70129	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	70131	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	70131	232
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	70129,70133	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	70116,70117,70118,70119,70120,70121,70122,70123,70129,70131	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	70116,70120	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	70131	176
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	70131	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70131	5800
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	70128	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70130	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	70128	37
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70131	2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70131	313
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	70131	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	4	70117,70118,70119,70130	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70118	2273
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	70131	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70116,70121	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	70125	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70119	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70130	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70125	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	70126,70130,70131	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70125	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	70118,70131,70132	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	70120,70123,70127	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	70125	240
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	70131	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	70116,70119,70130,70131	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70127	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	70131	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	70131,70132,70133	1395
Vishnevite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70133	21
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70131	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70133	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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