Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferret Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 187913
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187913.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferret Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Entreves
Prè De Bar Glacier
Rochefort-Grandes Jorasses-Leschaux Ridge
Triolet Glacier

Latitude: 45°53'34"N
Longitude: 7°1'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.892777777778,7.0325

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Apatite	Autunite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Molybdenite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sulphur	Titanite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Crichtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Te Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Apatite Autunite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Molybdenite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sulphur Titanite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	68357	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	68357	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68357	706
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	68357	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	68357	2162
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	68350	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68357	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	68357	304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	68357	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	68357	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68357	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	68357	577
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	68357	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68357	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	68357	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	68357	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	68351,68357	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	68357	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	68351,68357	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68357	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	68357	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	68357	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	68357	99
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	68355,68357	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	68351	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	68351,68353,68354,68356,68357	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	68351,68357	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	68351,68357	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	68357	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	68357	232
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	None	CaNd(CO₃)₂F	1	68357	7
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	68357	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	68357	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	68351,68357	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	68350	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	68350	890
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	68357	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	68357	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	68357	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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