Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Argentera Massif
Entracque
Valdieri

Latitude: 44°12'36"N
Longitude: 7°16'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.21,7.2808333333333

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Aubertite	Autunite	Axinite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl
Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Iron	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite
Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Aubertite Autunite Axinite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl
Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Iron Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite
Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*
Autunite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Berthierine ()*
Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wilcoxite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70438	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70438,70442	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	70438,70442,70443	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	70447	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70440	718
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	70438	1272
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	70442	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	70438,70447	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	70447	304
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70447	59
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	70438	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	70438,70442	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	70438,70442,70443,70445,70447	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	70447	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	1	70447	27
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	70447	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	70438,70443,70447	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70452	203
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	70447	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	70447	599
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70447	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70438	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70438,70440	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70438	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	70438,70441,70447	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	70438,70440,70442,70447	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	70445,70447,70448	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70438	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	70445,70447	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	70438,70443	290
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	70447	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70438,70447	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	70452	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	70452	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	70447	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70447	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70447	12537
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	70447	73
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	70438,70442	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	70438	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	70438,70442	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	70438	945
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70438	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	70438,70440,70443	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	70438,70442,70445,70447,70448	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70447	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	70438,70442	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	70438,70440,70441,70442,70443,70447,70450	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	70447	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	70438,70442,70447	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70438	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	70445,70447	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	70438,70442,70447	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70445	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	70441	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	70438,70440	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	70452	1044
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O	1	70443	11
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	70438,70442	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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