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Locality Name:
Carona, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 166614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-166614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carona, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cabianca Mount
Madonnino Mount
Slate Quarries
Vallone Dei Frati

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: Ag Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAxiniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)369742,69743,697448803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21697432162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21697433092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS269743,697449052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2169744260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21697415509
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2169743700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)269742,6974327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1697445707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2269743,6974427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1697412600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1697441025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21697439895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)269743,69744648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1697448173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1697432740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21697449617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS269743,6974424243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316974414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31697435433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2369741,69743,6974412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21697435674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31697431425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2469741,69742,69743,6974439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81697439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2469741,69742,69743,6974461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21697435614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)469741,69742,69743,697446417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16974321482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)169742589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1697432045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131697435317



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