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Locality Name:
Canina Valley, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 126938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canina Valley, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 B Be Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si Ti U Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si Ti U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBismutiteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteSodaliteStibniteStilbiteTourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Epidote  (*)Helvine  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890


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