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Locality Name:
Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 132752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Maddalena Quarry
Rastellina Quarry (Restellina Quarry; Zacra Quarry)

Latitude: 46°4'12"N
Longitude: 8°17'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.07,8.2919444444444
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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Ln Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteBerylBrookiteCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
HeulanditeKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteStaurolite
StibniteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21710662162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)20260
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171066255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31710661935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2171066700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)171066498
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1710668173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21710669617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1710661271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217106639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81710669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1710662705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17106621482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F0232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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