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Locality Name:
Acceglio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 48170
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48170.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acceglio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Acceglio-Chiappera Road
Colle Ciarbonet

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCarpholiteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteLawsoniteLazuliteNone
Not in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrocarpholite  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Lawsonite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnesiocarpholite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferrocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteFe2+Al2Si2O6(OH)417046525
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)045
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)20286
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0121
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)20232
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMgAl2Si2O6(OH)4023
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270464,7046561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21704652718


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