Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luserna Stone Quarries, Luserna Valley, Pellice Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 157231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luserna Stone Quarries, Luserna Valley, Pellice Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Seccarezze Quarries

Latitude: 44°45'45"N
Longitude: 7°12'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.7625,7.2002777777778

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	Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Hellandite
Heulandite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cosalite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lusernaite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zincsilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Hellandite
Heulandite Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	40	35	0		1022
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	40	35	1	70874	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	35	0		8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40	35	0		706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	40	35	0		2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	40	35	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	40	35	0		11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	40	35	0		4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	40	35	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	35	1	70874	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	40	35	0		41
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	40	35	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	40	35	0		27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	40	35	0		577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	40	35	0		3531
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	40	35	0		344
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	40	35	0		498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40	35	0		8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	40	35	0		196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	40	35	1	70874	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40	35	0		24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	40	35	0		2812
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	40	35	0		43
Hellandite-(Y) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Y₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	40	35	0		18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	40	35	0		14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	40	35	0		246
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	40	35	0		66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	40	35	0		5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	40	35	0		99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	40	35	0		1271
Lusernaite-(Y) ()*	Not in a structural group	Y₄Al(CO₃)₂(OH,F)₁₁·6H₂O	40	35	1	70874	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	40	35	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	40	35	0		5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	40	35	0		5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	40	35	0		945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	40	35	1	70874	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40	35	1	70874	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40	35	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	40	35	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	40	35	0		21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	40	35	0		268
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	40	35	1	70874	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	40	35	0		4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	40	35	0		1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	40	35	0		939
Zincsilite ()*	Smectite-vermiculite	Zn₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O (?)	40	35	0		4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	40	35	0		5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_289	Lusernaite-(Y) is found in late stage hydrothermal fractures related to the Alpine tectono metamorphic events. Seccarezze Quarry is an important quarry in the mining of the leucocratic orthogneiss known as "Luserna Stone."

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_289	40	35	35-40	Ar-Ar	Cooling age		phengite							240992	Seccarezze Quarries, Luserna Stone Quarries, Luserna Valley, Pellice Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy	Seccarezze Quarries	Biagioni et al. (2013)	10.2138/am.2013.4366	AM98_1322	Age of late stage fractures during the tertiary Alpine tectono metamorphic events. 35-40 ma is described as being the time that the greenschist facies overprinted an earlier eclogite facies during the exhumation of the Dora-Maira Massif and period of cooling after peak thermal conditions.

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