Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Casamozza, Bastia, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France

mindat Locality ID: 144331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casamozza, Bastia, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bigorno
Campitello
Lento
Volpajola

Latitude: 42°31'29"N
Longitude: 9°17'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.524722222222,9.2980555555556

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.

Corundum	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel	Valleriite

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel Valleriite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Valleriite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	53586,53587,53589	3902
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	2	53586,53587	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53586	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	3	53586,53587,53589	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	53586,53587,53588,53589	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	53586,53587,53588,53589	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	3	53586,53587,53589	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	53586	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	53587,53588	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	53588	9056
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	53589	237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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