Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Veglia Alp, Varzo, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 30964
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30964.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Veglia Alp, Varzo, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ghiacciaio Di Mottiscia

Latitude: 46°16'27"N
Longitude: 8°8'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.274166666667,8.1438888888889

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	Aragonite	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Crichtonite
Epidote	Gadolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Starkeyite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dessauite-(Y) ()*
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tinnunculite ()*	Titanite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mn N Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Aragonite Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Crichtonite
Epidote Gadolinite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Starkeyite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	0		141
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	71084	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71084	3250
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	0		304
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71084	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	71084	1756
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Y,U,Mn)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	0		9
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	0		163
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe³⁺₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₈O₃₈	0		9
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71084	14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	0		55
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		443
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71084	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71084	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71084	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	0		293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71084	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71084	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	0		232
Tinnunculite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃·2H₂O	0		8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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