Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Piano Dei Camosci (Pian Dei Camosci), Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 123163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piano Dei Camosci (Pian Dei Camosci), Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°26'11"N
Longitude: 8°21'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.436388888889,8.3627777777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper
Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper
Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	34
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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