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:
Piana Valley, Codera Valley, Novate Mezzola, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 126940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-126940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piana 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

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Heulandite	Mica	Mordenite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Stilbite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Epistilbite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chabazite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Heulandite Mica Mordenite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Stilbite Titanite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	138
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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