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Locality Name:
Rocca Canavese, Malone Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 133765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rocca Canavese, Malone Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gneiss Minuti Outcrops
Paraschist Outcrops
Thrust-sheet Outcrops

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetLawsoniteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineStilpnomelaneTitanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Antigorite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Forsterite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)2370662,70663,706643419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)370662,70663,706648803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3370662,70663,706642353
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170664708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6270663,706642060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270662,7066327770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2270663,70664309
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2270662,70663376
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170664951
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)370662,70663,706641025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61706634135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)370662,70663,706648173
Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2270663,7066426
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1706641188
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2370662,70663,70664286
Graphite  (*)NoneC1706632812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31706641544
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6370662,70663,70664154
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41706631507
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O370662,70663,70664121
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2370662,70663,7066417380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6370662,70663,70664229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2370662,70663,70664247
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2370662,70663,7066461156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51706631516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31706641214
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O370662,70663,70664456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1706644899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270662,706631025



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