Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sabbione Glacier, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 190561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sabbione Glacier, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arbola Glacier (Punta D'Arbola N And E Slopes; Ofenhorn N And E Slopes)
Hohsandhorn Eastern Spur (Punta Del Sabbione Eastern Spur)
Hohsandjoch (Passo Del Sabbione)

Latitude: 46°23'13"N
Longitude: 8°19'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.386944444444,8.32

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Stilbite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Mica Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Stilbite Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71108	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71108	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	71108	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	71108,71109	3092
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	71108	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71108,71110	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	71108,71109	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71108	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71108	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71109	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	71108,71109	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71108	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	71109	1507
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71108	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	71108,71109,71110	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71108	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71108	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71108,71109	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	71108,71109	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71108	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	71110	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71108	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71108	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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