Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Val Cavallizza Quarries, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 290102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Val Cavallizza Quarries, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese 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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sc Si Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sc Si Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Monazite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	55
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	55
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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