Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valmaggia, Varallo Sesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 189486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valmaggia, Varallo Sesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°50'35"N
Longitude: 8°11'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.843055555556,8.1886111111111

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	Apatite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Godlevskite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Samaniite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Melonite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	260
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	40
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	155
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Samaniite ()*	None	Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈	4
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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