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Locality Name:
Ciappanico, Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 193199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ciappanico, Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crestùn Asbestos Mine (Crestùn Asbestos Quarries; Ciappanico Asbestos Mine)
Rocca Castellaccio (Rocca Di Castellaccio)

Latitude: 46°14'24"N
Longitude: 9°50'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.24,9.8391666666667
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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArtiniteCalciteCalzirtiteChloriteClayCopperCorundumGarnet
HumiteHydrotalciteMalachiteNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelTitanite
VesuvianiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Coalingite  (*)Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gold  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nakauriite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31701801534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170180708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1701803250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O17018075
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O17017932
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17018027770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16270179,7018032
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1701803531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81701801756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2170180236
Coalingite  (*)HydrotalciteMg10Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)24·2H2O17018027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61701804135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1701801188
Gold  (*)CopperAu17018030554
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O170180341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31701805433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417018014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217018012537
Nakauriite  (*)NoneCu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O17018012
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3270179,70180495
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1701804899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101701801395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1701805251


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