Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Candoglia, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 265523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Candoglia, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Candoglia Marble Quarries
Vallorba Pegmatites (Candoglia Pegmatites)

Latitude: 45°58'54"N
Longitude: 8°25'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.981666666667,8.4252777777778

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Danburite	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Milarite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Armenite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paracelsian ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Taramellite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wenkite ()*
Witherite ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Danburite Epidote
Feldspar Mica Milarite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

32 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	71119	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	71119	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71120	8803
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	71119	23
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71119	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	71120	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71120	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71119	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71119	100
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71119	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	71119	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71119	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71119	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71119	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71119	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71120	17380
Paracelsian ()*	Danburite	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71119	3
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71119	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71119	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	71119	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71119,71120	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71119	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71120	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Taramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Fe³⁺,Ti)₄O₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	1	71119	8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71119	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71119	2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71120	636
Wenkite ()*	None	Ba₄Ca₆(Si,Al)₂₀O₄₁(OH)₂(SO₄)₃·H₂O	1	71119	3
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	71119	251
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71119	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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