Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 146138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ornavasso, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Migiandone Mine (Miggiandone)
Ornavasso Marble Quarries
Ornavasso Pegmatite
Val Buona (Val Bona)

Latitude: 45°58'24"N
Longitude: 8°23'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.973333333333,8.3852777777778

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	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Cubanite	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite
Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vivianite ()*	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 Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Cubanite Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite
Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

49 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	71132	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71132	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71132	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71132	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	71132,71133	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71134	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	71132	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71132,71133	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	71132	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	71132,71135	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	71134	321
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	71132	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	71132	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71135	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	71132,71133	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71134	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	71134	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	71132,71133	8173
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	71132	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71132	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71133	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	71132,71133	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71132	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	71132	409
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	71134	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	71132	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	71132	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	71132	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	71132	176
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71134	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71133,71134	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	71132	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71133	2273
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	71132	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71132	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71133,71134	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	71132,71133,71135	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71132,71133	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71134	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71132	390
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71134	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71132	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71132	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	71132,71133	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71133	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	71132	237
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71134	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71134	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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