Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vedretta Della Miniera, Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 134365
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134365.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vedretta Della Miniera, Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°28'7"N
Longitude: 10°33'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.468611111111,10.550555555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Garnet	Gismondine	Lepidocrocite
Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brucite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Garnet Gismondine Lepidocrocite
Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Valleriite Vesuvianite Wurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clintonite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Scolecite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sudoite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	86
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	129
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	51
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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