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Locality Name:
Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) Pegmatites, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 252887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) Pegmatites, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°0'1"N
Longitude: 8°23'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.000277777778,8.3947222222222

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 B C Ca Ce Cu Fe H O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Cu Fe H O P S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDumortieriteEpidoteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
QuartzRutileTitaniteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Opal  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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