Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valtournenche, Aosta Valley, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Breuil-Cervinia
Cignana Lake (Tsignanaz Lake)
Gouffre De Bousserailles
Les Perrères Dam
Notre Dame De La Garde Chapel

Latitude: 45°52'56"N
Longitude: 7°35'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.882222222222,7.5897222222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Axinite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond
Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Hexahydrite	Humite	Lawsonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Barroisite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calderite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Lawsonite ()*	Leucophoenicite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*
Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Axinite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond
Epidote Epsomite Garnet Hexahydrite Humite Lawsonite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	68481	286
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	68482,68483,68484	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68481	3250
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	68477	260
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68477	49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68482	27770
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68481	17
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	68481	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	68482,68483	1756
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	68481	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	68481	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	68482	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68481	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	68480,68481	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	68482,68483	8173
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68481	14
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	68481	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	68482,68483	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68477	14640
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	68481	121
Leucophoenicite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₇(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂	1	68479	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68483	14899
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	68482,68483,68484	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68481	17380
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	68482	37
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	68478,68479,68480,68481	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	68482,68483	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68481	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	2	68482,68483	55
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68478	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	68481	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	68478,68479,68480,68481	1214
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	68482	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	68481	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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