Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valbrutta (Val Brutta), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 258263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valbrutta (Val Brutta), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Artinite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Garnet	Humite	Malachite
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Artinite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Artinite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Garnet Humite Malachite
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	75
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hydroxylclinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	16
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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