Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 156675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ciappanico
Torreggio Valley
Val Sora Manganese Outcrop
Val Sora Quarry
Val Suella

Latitude: 46°14'40"N
Longitude: 9°48'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.244444444444,9.8005555555556

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Artinite	Beryl	Braunite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite
Calzirtite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Gypsum	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sc Si Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Ardennite Artinite Beryl Braunite Brochantite Brookite Calcite
Calzirtite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Gypsum Humite Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Artinite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Coalingite ()*
Crednerite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Pecoraite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70184,70189	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	70188,70189	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	70180,70183,70184	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70180	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70180,70186	3250
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	70187	34
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	2	70180,70186	75
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	70189	51
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70187	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	70181	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	70188,70189	700
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	70179	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	70180,70183,70185,70186,70187,70188	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	2	70179,70180	32
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	70183,70187	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	70180,70181,70183	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	70180,70183,70184	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	70180,70186	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70183	1025
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	1	70180	27
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	70181	35
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70181	54
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	70180,70183,70184	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	70186,70188	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	70183,70187	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70183,70184	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	70180,70186	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	70183,70188	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	70180	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70188	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70181,70187	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70180	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5	70180,70183,70184,70186,70187	5433
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	70187	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	70180,70181,70183,70184,70185,70186,70188	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	70180,70181,70183	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70187	17380
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	1	70180	12
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70188	40
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	4	70179,70180,70184,70185	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70187	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70187,70188	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70184	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70187,70188,70189	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	70187	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	70187	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	70184,70187,70189	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	70187	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70187	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70183	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	70183	241
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	70187,70188	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70188	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70188	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	70184	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	70180,70183,70184,70187	4899
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	70183	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	70180,70183,70184	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	70180,70183	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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