Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188690
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188690.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cogne Mines
Lillaz

Latitude: 45°35'5"N
Longitude: 7°23'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.584722222222,7.3836111111111

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	Aragonite	Artinite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Artinite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zaratite ()*	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 C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Hydrotalcite Melanterite Nickeline None
Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68343	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	4	68337,68340,68341,68342	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	68337,68340,68341,68342	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	68337,68343	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	68337	75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	68337	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	68342	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	68337,68341	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	68337	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	68337,68340,68341	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	68342	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68342	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	2	68337,68341	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	68341,68342	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	68337	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	68340,68341,68342	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	68337	236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	68337,68340,68341,68342	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68341	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	68341	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	68344	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	68337	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	68337	2812
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	68337	341
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	1	68337	17
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	68341	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	68337,68340,68341,68342	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	68341	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	68337,68340,68341,68342	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	68337	915
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	2	68337,68343	80
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	68342	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68344	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	68341,68342	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	68343,68344	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	68341,68342	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	68340,68341	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	68340,68341	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	68337	1247
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	68343	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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