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:
Mastallone Valley, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mastallone Valley, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rimella
Sabbia

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.

Amphibole	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Lepidocrocite	Melonite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Valleriite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Melonite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Valleriite ()*	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 Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pd S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Lepidocrocite Melonite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Valleriite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71228	2060
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	71230	195
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71228	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	71230	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71230	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	71228	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71228	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71228	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	71228	451
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	71228	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	71228	155
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71230	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	71228	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71228	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	71228	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71228	5614
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	71228	237
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71230	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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