Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Valpelline, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valpelline, Aosta Valley, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bionaz
Ollomont

Latitude: 45°52'20"N
Longitude: 7°23'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.872222222222,7.3866666666667

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite
Zircon

24 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	68468	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	68468	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68468	2353
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	68473	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	68469,68473	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	68469	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	68468	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	68468	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68468	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	68473	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	68473	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	68468,68471	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68471	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	68468	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	68468	1507
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	68471	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	68468,68470	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	68468	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68469,68473	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68468	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	68468	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	68468	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	68468	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	68468	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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