Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 73161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°54'26"N
Longitude: 8°52'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.907222222222,8.8769444444444

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	Allanite	Amorphous	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Thortveitite	Titanite

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Macaulayite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amorphous Apatite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Columbite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Mixite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Thortveitite Titanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	55
Macaulayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄Si₄O₄₃(OH)₂	2
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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