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

mindat Locality ID: 189487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189487.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bec D'Ovaga
Croso Della Gavola
Roccapietra
Valmaggia

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isocubanite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melonite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pilsenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Samaniite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	71246	489
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71246	1036
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	71246	260
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	71245	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71245	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71246	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71246	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	71246	203
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	71245	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	71244	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	71246	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71246	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71246	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	71246	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71246	1188
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	71246	40
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71245	1544
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	71246	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71246	5433
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	71246	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2	71243,71246	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71246	14899
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2	71243,71246	207
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	2	71243,71246	155
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71245	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	71243,71246	767
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71246	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	71246	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71246	2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	71246	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71246	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	71246	9056
Samaniite ()*	None	Cu₂Fe₅Ni₂S₈	1	71246	4
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71245	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71246	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71246	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	71246	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71246	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	71246	1044
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	71245	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71246	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71246	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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