Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bellino, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188424
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188424.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellino, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Colle Delle Sagneres
La Vigna Mt.
Maniglia Mt. Mine
Pence Mt
Sant'Anna Di Bellino
Varaita Di Rui Valley

Latitude: 44°33'41"N
Longitude: 6°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.561388888889,6.9163888888889

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Axinite	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Stilpnomelane

Akatoreite ()*	Albite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferriakasakaite-(Ce) ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Manganiakasakaite-(La) ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Palenzonaite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Axinite Braunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Stilpnomelane

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akatoreite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺₉Al₂Si₈O₂₄(OH)₈	1	70567	3
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	70565,70568,70569,70570,70571	8803
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	70567	88
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	70567	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70567	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	70568,70569,70571	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70569,70570	8173
Ferriakasakaite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote	CaCeFe³⁺AlMn²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)	1	70567	1
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70569	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	70569,70570,70571	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	70567	243
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	3	70565,70566,70569	154
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	70566	232
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70567	93
Manganiakasakaite-(La) ()*	Epidote	CaLa(Mn³⁺AlMn²⁺)(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)	1	70567	2
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70565,70569	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70565,70569	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	70567	186
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70567	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70565	2349
Palenzonaite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(VO₄)₃	1	70567	9
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70569	247
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70567	260
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	70565,70566,70567,70569,70570	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70567	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70567	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70567	375
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	70569	456

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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