Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clavalité Valley, Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 193549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clavalité Valley, Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chez Botz
Col De Raye Chevrère
Medzove Alp
Misérègne Slag Locality
Molina Mine (Lovignanaz Mine; Mollère Mine)
Tramail La Rossa Mine

Latitude: 45°44'2"N
Longitude: 7°30'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.733888888889,7.5083333333333

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Garnet	Iron	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Garnet Iron Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyrite Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite

28 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	0		3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	68389,68390	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	68388,68389	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	68388	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	68389,68390	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	68389	376
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	68388	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	68388	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	68388	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	68388	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	68386,68389	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	68388	371
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68389	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	68388	7437
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	68388	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	68388,68389	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	68388	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	68387,68388,68389	14899
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68389	247
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68385	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68389,68390	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	68388,68389	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	68389	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68385	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	68388	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68389	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	1	68388	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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