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:
Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 190062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torgnon, Aosta Valley, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Levaz
Marmore Stream
Petit Monde Mine

Latitude: 45°49'36"N
Longitude: 7°34'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.826666666667,7.5805555555556

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Hogbömite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Corundum Hogbömite None Pyrite Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	68462	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	68461,68462	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68462	9895
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	68462	407
Magnesiobeltrandoite-2N3S ()*	Hogbömite	(Mg₆Al₂)(Al₁₈Fe³⁺₂)O₃₈(OH)₂	1	68462	1
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68463	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	68461	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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