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Locality Name:
Pianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 13703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°3'48"N
Longitude: 8°15'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.063333333333,8.2522222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Marcasite Mica Milarite
Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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