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


mindat Locality ID: 195616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craveggia, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eglio
Rio Vasca

Latitude: 46°8'54"N
Longitude: 8°30'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.148333333333,8.5075

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetHydrotalciteMilleriteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRutileScheeliteStibniteStilbiteTalcTapioliteThomsoniteTitanite
WollastoniteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fersmite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Millerite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)
Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)271155,711568803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31711562353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1711569052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O271153,711561272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)271153,71156255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2171156606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18271153,711564286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)217115696
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3271153,711561935
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O171155138
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6271153,71156414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4171156196
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O617115683
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31711551544
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH171156367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31711565433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O371153,71155,711561271
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1711551066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O271153,711562994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O171153144
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271155,711561898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217115539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2171156771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2271155,7115661156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O17115548
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21711565614
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O171155390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O171155268
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21711553337
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O617115699
Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(TaTi)O617115616
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O617115688
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O171155452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1711554899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2271153,711562718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O271153,71156890
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31711551247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)271153,711565251



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