Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vinadio, Stura Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 59200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vinadio, Stura Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bagni Di Vinadio Valley (Corborant Valley)
Crosa Mt.
Neraissa Valley
Pianche
Rio Tandis
Sant’Anna Valley

Latitude: 44°14'11"N
Longitude: 7°0'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.236388888889,7.0077777777778

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	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Brookite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite
Marcasite Mica Monazite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Stilbite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	70537,70543	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70537,70538	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70534	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	70535,70536,70537,70539,70543	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	70536,70542	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	70537	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70538	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	70534	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	70536	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70536	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	70537,70538	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70538	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	70536	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	70536,70540,70542	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70538	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	70536,70543	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	70536,70540	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	70536	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	70538,70540,70543,70544	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	70536	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70536	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	70544	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	70536	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70540	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	70536	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	70544	425
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	70538,70539	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70534	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70536,70540,70542	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	70535,70536,70537,70538,70539,70540,70542,70543,70545	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	70535,70539,70543	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	70542,70544	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	70534,70545	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70536	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	70544	268
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	70536	232
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	4	70537,70538,70539,70543	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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