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Locality Name:
Quarona, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 189298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quarona, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Badia
Fei Di Doccio
Gibellino

Latitude: 45°45'51"N
Longitude: 8°15'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.764166666667,8.2505555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al As B Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ir K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaddeleyiteBerylChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMarcasiteMelonite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyriteRocksaltTetradymiteTourmaline

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Beryl  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Schorl  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3271233,712352353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe171234489
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2171234238
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217123427198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl171234203
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS171234966
Graphite  (*)NoneC1712342812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te171234804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31712345433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS171234154
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)171234451
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21712345674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2171234207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1712354924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21712345800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS171234767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81712341512
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te317123457
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217123439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81712349056
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)271233,712352705
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1712341044


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