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Locality Name:
Cavallaria Quarries (Frent Quarries; Alpetta; Piani And Rio Freddo Quarries), Cavallaria Mount, Brosso, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 122720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavallaria Quarries (Frent Quarries; Alpetta; Piani And Rio Freddo Quarries), Cavallaria Mount, Brosso, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, 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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBrookiteCalciteCarminiteChloriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldsparMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTalcTitanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)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)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O0177
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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