Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Candoglia
Mont'Orfano (Montorfano)
Nibbio Mine (Turrio Mine)
Nibbio Village
Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) Pegmatites
San Pietro Quarry (San Pietro Oratory)

Latitude: 45°58'47"N
Longitude: 8°25'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.979722222222,8.4194444444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Danburite	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Malachite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

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 As B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Danburite Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Malachite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Armenite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paracelsian ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Taramellite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wenkite ()*	Witherite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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	1	71119	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	71119	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	71120,71121,71126	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	71121	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	71121	1310
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	71119	23
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71121	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71126	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71119	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	71120	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71120	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	71119,71121,71122,71126	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71119	100
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	71126	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	71124,71125,71126	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	71119,71121,71122,71125,71126	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	71126	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	71119,71121	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	71121	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71119	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71121	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	71125	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	71119,71125,71126	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71121	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	71121	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71119	1188
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	71121	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71121	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	71118,71122,71125	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71126	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	71125,71126	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	71121	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	71119,71122,71126	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	71121,71126	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71121	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	71121,71126	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	71121	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71125	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71120,71121	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	71121,71125	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71121	2349
Paracelsian ()*	Danburite	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71119	3
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	71122	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71119	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71121,71125	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	71119,71121,71122,71126	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	71119,71121,71122,71126	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	71118,71119,71120,71121,71125	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	71119,71125	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	71121	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71120	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71126	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3	71118,71121,71125	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71121	1934
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	71121	232
Taramellite ()*	None	Ba₄(Fe³⁺,Ti)₄O₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl_x	1	71119	8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	71118,71119,71121,71125,71126	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	71121	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71119	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	71122	1044
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	71121	605
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71120	636
Wenkite ()*	None	Ba₄Ca₆(Si,Al)₂₀O₄₁(OH)₂(SO₄)₃·H₂O	1	71119	3
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	71119	251
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71121	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	6	71118,71119,71121,71122,71124,71125	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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