Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Forno Glacier, Vallone Del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 145797
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145797.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forno Glacier, Vallone Del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°21'36"N
Longitude: 8°20'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.36,8.3461111111111

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Heulandite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Baryte Brookite Calcite Chabazite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Heulandite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile
Spinel Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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