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Locality Name:
Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 194978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Trasquera
Varzo

Latitude: 46°12'19"N
Longitude: 8°11'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.205277777778,8.1961111111111

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBrookiteCalciteChlorite
ChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetGypsum
MicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphurTitaniteTourmalineZircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Celsian  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cosalite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Goyazite  (*)Gramaccioliite-(Y)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tinnunculite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21710823419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6171083141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)371077,71080,710828803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171083706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31710782353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2371077,71083,710842162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1710801588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21710833092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)271083,710843250
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F171083304
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2171083700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)471080,71082,71083,7108427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1710801252
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)171080100
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2271078,71079376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8271083,710841756
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5171080344
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)381710839
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21710809895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)271078,710828173
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2171083163
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6171080173
Gramaccioliite-(Y)  (*)Crichtonite(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)18O381710839
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1710806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3371077,71083,7108414640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)17108355
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4271078,710831507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1710761271
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1710801487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4271082,7108314899
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O171083443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2271077,710805800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)271077,71083945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2471077,71082,71083,7108417380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1710801236
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2171078247
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2271080,710832273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2471077,71082,71083,7108439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2471080,71082,71083,7108461156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O171083293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2471077,71080,71083,710845614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1710804894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)371080,71083,710842705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)371077,71080,710836417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS271080,7108321482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)271078,71079978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31710803418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS271077,710802045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F171083232
Tinnunculite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O3·2H2O1710838
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1710834899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)171083939



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