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Locality Name:
Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 135359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lanzada

Latitude: 46°17'18"N
Longitude: 9°54'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.288333333333,9.9080555555556

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteArtiniteAuricuprideBaryte
BixbyiteBrauniteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumHumiteHydrotalciteLazuliteMalachiteMarcasiteMckelveyiteMicaMilleriteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPalygorskitePectolitePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyrite
PyrophyllitePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepioliteSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianite
WagneriteWurtzitehauchecornite

125 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Artinite  (*)Awaruite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Coalingite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Lindsleyite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganberzeliite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)
Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Pecoraite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Redledgeite  (*)
Reevesite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Sarkinite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theophrastite  (*)
Tiragalloite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6170169286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)670150,70152,70157,70160,70169,701728803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)170157706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2670138,70152,70157,70161,70169,701732162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31170137,70138,70141,70146,70149,70164,70168,70170,70173,70174,701751534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4770137,70138,70141,70170,70173,70174,70175708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)870141,70160,70164,70168,70170,70172,70174,701753250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS370152,70164,701719052
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O270141,7017375
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe270137,70138166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2370145,70164,701745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17016911547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3170169104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4670141,70145,70149,70155,70168,701695516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)270164,70169483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2470138,70152,70157,70161700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2770137,70141,70161,70170,70173,70174,70175462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O17015932
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2070136,70137,70138,70141,70145,70147,70151,70152,70155,70158,70161,70165,70166,70167,70168,70169,70172,70173,70174,7017527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1701644979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S470141,70149,70154,701695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21570136,70138,70141,70145,70149,70151,70152,70154,70160,70167,70168,70169,70171,70173,7017427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4470137,70138,70141,701703902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4670137,70141,70170,70173,70174,70175951
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270164,7016957
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81470137,70138,70141,70145,70146,70147,70149,70153,70155,70158,70163,70165,70168,701701756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2370138,70141,70168236
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O17017027
Copper  (*)CopperCu770138,70141,70155,70159,70173,70174,701753846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS270154,701694165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3170154802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O370141,70173,701742970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2170145144
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)381701619
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S270154,701691027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61670137,70138,70141,70145,70146,70149,70153,70155,70158,70163,70164,70165,70168,70173,70174,701754135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16170169300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2870138,70141,70152,70161,70169,70172,70173,701749895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)270143,70169648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2470149,70150,70152,701699617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)770137,70138,70141,70168,70173,70174,701751188
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1017016940
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS870136,70145,70149,70151,70152,70164,70168,7016924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17015930554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6170169173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31701411544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1701386890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4270164,70169350
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2370138,70141,70174205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3370150,70152,7016914640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O270141,70174341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)417014587
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH170138367
Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2570137,70155,70173,70174,7017516
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4170169142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3970138,70145,70153,70155,70158,70161,70165,70168,701735433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4170164172
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O617016973
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2270164,70169234
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2170152232
Lindsleyite  (*)Crichtonite(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O3817016112
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4170161249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4270170,70175359
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)217016993
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)670138,70141,70160,70161,70166,701741487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42270136,70137,70138,70141,70147,70148,70149,70151,70153,70154,70155,70156,70158,70161,70164,70165,70167,70168,70170,70173,70174,7017514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2870141,70145,70149,70155,70164,70168,70170,7017312537
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)3270164,7016924
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21701525674
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)217017434
Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaBa3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O1701619
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS370138,70161,701731066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O370140,70141,7014384
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2370152,70168,7016917380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O270141,7014580
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3170152511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O170138306
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S417015257
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)4270144,7017440
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)170141363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8370138,70141,701541512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31070138,70141,70147,70153,70155,70158,70164,70165,70167,70168495
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O170152105
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270164,70169260
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4170161131
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21701411898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2970138,70141,70152,70154,70157,70160,70161,70173,7017439462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O17017589
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3270164,70169244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2170152771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3170169147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8670138,70154,70160,70165,70171,701739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21370136,70141,70149,70150,70151,70152,70157,70160,70161,70166,70169,70172,7017361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS270152,70156712
Redledgeite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6Cr3+2)O161701614
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O17014148
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)270164,701691711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)270164,70169969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2170169148
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10170169312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21170138,70141,70145,70152,70156,70157,70161,70166,70168,70169,701735614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O270138,70169301
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)17016930
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O170141241
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4270138,70161249
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3370156,70164,701691214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS570141,70154,70155,70168,7017321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41701381934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3270152,701563418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2470138,70141,70161,701733337
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiTeS81701612
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131701641803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)270164,70169240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131701645317
Theophrastite  (*)BruciteNi(OH)21701416
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)270164,7016915
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O670145,70155,70156,70157,70165,701684899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2470141,70165,70167,701692562
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2170138106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3170152369
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10370141,70163,701681395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4170138380
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41701641655
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2170138109
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O17014156



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