Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vallone Del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 251746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallone Del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Clogstafel Mount (Punta Clogstafel)
Forno Glacier
Monte Giove
Sruer Lake

Latitude: 46°22'10"N
Longitude: 8°21'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.369444444444,8.3661111111111

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Heulandite	Mica	Monazite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Heulandite Mica Monazite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel
Talc Titanite Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71113	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	71113,71114	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	71112,71113	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	71115	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71113	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	71114	304
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	71113	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71113,71114,71115	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	71115	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	71113	310
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	71113	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71115	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	71113,71114	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71112	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71115	24243
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe³⁺₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₈O₃₈	1	71114	9
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	71112,71113,71114	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	71113	246
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	71114	55
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	71113	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71113	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71113	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71114	945
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	1	71114	26
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71114	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71115	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71113	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	71112,71113,71115	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	71112,71113,71114,71115	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	71112,71113,71114	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71113	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	71112,71114	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71115	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	71114	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	71112,71113,71114	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71115	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	71115	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71114	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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