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Locality Name:
Premia Gneiss Quarries, Premia, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 264169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Premia Gneiss Quarries, Premia, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cadarese Quarries
Passo Quarries
Rivasco Quarries

Latitude: 46°17'48"N
Longitude: 8°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.296666666667,8.3666666666667

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteBrookiteCalciteChabaziteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteHeulanditeKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMordenite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStilbiteSulphur
TitaniteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1710398803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2371039,71041,710422162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1710391588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21710393092
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2171040700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)471039,71040,71041,7104227770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O171039310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21710399895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)471039,71040,71041,710428173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O371039,71040,71041138
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1710392740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21710399617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3271039,7104014640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O171039246
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61710392228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41710395591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1710391271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417103914899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21710395674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21710395800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2471039,71040,71041,7104217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O271039,710402994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271039,710401898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217103939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2471039,71040,71041,7104261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21710395614
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O271039,71040390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O171039268
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1710392045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O471039,71040,71041,710424899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21710392562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)271039,710405251



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