Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 195167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montecrestese, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Castelluccio Quarry
Isorno Valley

Latitude: 46°11'25"N
Longitude: 8°21'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.190277777778,8.3530555555556

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	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Carpholite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kyanite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Autunite Beryl Calcite Carpholite Clay Corundum Fluorite Garnet Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Staurolite Titanite Zircon

22 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	71130	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71130	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	71128,71130	2162
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	71129	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	71128	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	71128,71129	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71128	27770
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	71129	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	71128,71130	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71128	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	71128	99
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	71129,71130	1507
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71128	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71130	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71128,71129	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	71128,71129,71130	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71128	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	71129	978
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	71128	55
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71128	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	71129,71130	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71129	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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