Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Borcola Pass, Posina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 273738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borcola Pass, Posina, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Borcola Pass Quarry (Lucchi Quarry; Prato Lorda Quarry)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBruciteCalciteChabaziteClayDiasporeHydrotalciteMicaNatrolite
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThomsoniteVesuvianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Giorgiosite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1735481627
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4173548708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1735483250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61735482060
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2173548462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17354827770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O173548310
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61735484135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21735489895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O17354813
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1735487437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1735482812
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O173548341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)417354887
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4173548359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417354814899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21735482273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217354839462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O17354889
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217354861156
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O173548301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O173548390
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O173548452
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101735481395


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...