Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Voltaggio, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 187936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Voltaggio, Alessandria Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Acquestriate Stream
Biccia Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Brochantite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Campigliaite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Redgillite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Brochantite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Cyanotrichite Devilline Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Thomsonite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70364	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	70364	470
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70364	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70364	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70364	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	70364	1633
Campigliaite ()*	Devilline	Cu₄Mn²⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	70364	6
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	70364	88
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	70364	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70364	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	70364	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70364	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	70364	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	70364	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	70364	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	70364	144
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	70364	484
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70364	2740
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70364	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70364	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	70364	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	70364	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70364	359
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	70364	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70364	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	70363	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	70363	363
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	70364	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70364	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70364	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	1	70364	45
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70364	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	70364	1101
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	70363	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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