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Locality Name:
Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 133762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Balma
Cascine Machetto
Gamma Quarry
Le Forche

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAutuniteAxiniteBaryteCalcite
ChabaziteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteHeulanditeMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTitaniteWollastonite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Autunite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1703892734
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1703851272
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2170388260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17038711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41703875516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1703894979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O066
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270387,7038927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6170389151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1703874165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)170387551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O270387,70389345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1703882740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2170385163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270387,7038924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270387,703897437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17038930554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317038714640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O170388246
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)17038757
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61703872228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417038714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270387,7038912537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O170385443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2270387,703895800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)270385,703882349
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)170387494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217038739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21703893106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1703891725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270387,7038961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)270387,703894894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17038721482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)170387156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1703872045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1703854899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1703851059
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4370387,70388,703891655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185



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