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:
Viù, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viù, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Biolay
Case Chiampestron
Col San Giovanni
Fubina
Mount Crusat
Muande
Punta Losera

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Artinite	Baddeleyite	Braunite	Brucite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Carlosturanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Edenite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Lavoisierite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Opal ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sursassite ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Ardennite Artinite Baddeleyite Braunite Brucite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

38 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	70864	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	70864,70865,70866,70867	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70864	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	70864	75
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	70864	238
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70863	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	4	70864,70865,70866,70867	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	70864	32
Carlosturanite ()*	None	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Ti)₂₁(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₈(OH)₃₄·H₂O	3	70864,70865,70866	15
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70864	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	70864,70865,70866	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70864	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	70861	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	70861	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	70864,70865	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70863	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70864	160
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70864	2740
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70864	1544
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70864	341
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	70864	784
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	1	70864	17
Lavoisierite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₈[Al₁₀(Mn³⁺Mg)][Si₁₁P]O₄₄(OH)₁₂	1	70863	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	70864,70865	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	70864	770
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	70864	80
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70864	2994
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	70860,70862,70863	260
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70864	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70863	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70860	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70863	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70863	1214
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1	70863	24
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70864	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70865	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70864	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70864	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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