Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alagna Valsesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 190543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alagna Valsesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bocchetta Delle Pisse
Fabbriche Mine
Kreas Mine
Otro Valley
Stolemberg Mt.

Latitude: 45°51'58"N
Longitude: 7°54'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.866111111111,7.9088888888889

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	Ardennite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Epsomite
Feldspar	Garnet	Millerite	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Valleriite	Wagnerite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Copper ()*
Galena ()*	Hercynite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sarkinite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*

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 As B C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Ardennite Arsenopyrite Axinite Braunite Calcite Clay Copper Epidote Epsomite
Feldspar Garnet Millerite None Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Valleriite Wagnerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71223	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71222	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	71222	34
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71220	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		260
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	71219	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	71222	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71222	27770
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0		407
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	71219	249
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0		1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		84
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71222	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71220	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	71222	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71220,71222	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	71222	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	71222	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	71218,71223	5614
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		30
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71222	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	71222	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	0		237

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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