Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 133755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champoluc, Ayas, Aosta Valley, Italy": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Breithorn-Roccia Nera Ridge (Breithorn-Schwarzfluh Ridge; Breithorn Ridge)
Gobba Di Rollin-Rocca Di Verra Ridge - Blu Lake Area
Monte Rosso Di Verra
Palon Di Resy
Passo Di Verra Area (Zwillingsjoch Area)
Piccolo Ghiacciaio Di Verra (Verra Glacier East Of Mezzalama Refuge)
Polluce (Pollux)
Tzére Valley

Latitude: 45°54'29"N
Longitude: 7°45'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.908055555556,7.7655555555556

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Garnet	Humite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesiochloritoid ()*
Magnetite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Garnet Humite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	68296,68297,68299	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68296	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	68299	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68295	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	68290,68293,68294,68295,68296,68299	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	68294,68296,68299	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	68295	577
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	68292	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	68294	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	7	68290,68291,68293,68294,68295,68296,68299	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	8	68290,68292,68293,68294,68295,68296,68299,68300	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68292	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	9	68290,68291,68292,68293,68294,68295,68296,68297,68299	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68294	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	68291,68292,68293,68294,68295,68296,68299	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	6	68290,68293,68294,68295,68296,68299	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	9	68290,68291,68292,68293,68294,68295,68297,68299,68300	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	68295	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	68298	1507
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	68298	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	68290,68292,68293,68294,68295,68296,68297,68299	14899
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	68296	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68294	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	68296	229
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	3	68292,68295,68300	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	68295,68297,68299	1898
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	68297	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	68294,68296,68298	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	68297,68298	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	68300	390
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68298	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	68291,68292,68295,68296	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	6	68290,68292,68294,68295,68297,68299	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	68298	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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