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Locality Name:
Brosso, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 217712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brosso, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cavallaria Mount
Le Colme

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBrookiteCalciteCarminiteChloriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitanite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jadeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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)21706343419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61706351022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6170635286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1706348803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21706342162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1706343250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1706349052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21706345509
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2170634700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17063427770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2170634178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1706344979
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81706341756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1706343846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1706344165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21706349895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1706342740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17063424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1706347437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317063414640
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6170635154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O170634443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1706341107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217063417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217063439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1706341725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81706349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217063461156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O170634177
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21706345614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1706341153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1706346417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17063421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21706343337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1706344899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170634433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1706341059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21706342562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41706341655


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