Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 205831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cedec Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bottiglia Pass (Königsjoch)
Gran Zebrù Glacier (Vedretta Del Gran Zebrù)

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Fluorite	Humite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Cornwallite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Periclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sudoite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Cubanite Epidote Fluorite Humite Ludwigite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70229,70230	3250
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃	0		14
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	70229,70230	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70229	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70229,70230	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	0		310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	70229,70230	27198
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	0		127
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70229	236
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	70229,70230	86
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	0		175
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	70229	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70229,70230	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70230	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	70229	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70229	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	70229	134
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	70229	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70229	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	70229	114
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70229,70230	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70229	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70229	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	70229,70230	1934
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	0		51
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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