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Locality Name:
Arnas Valley (Rio Arnas Valley), Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 64348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arnas Valley (Rio Arnas Valley), Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beccas D'Arnas

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Ln Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteBrauniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidote
FeldsparGarnetLöllingiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteSpinel
VivianiteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21707993092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1707993250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1707999052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11170799843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31707991089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O170799103
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170799762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217079939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1707996417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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