Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 20461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arnas Valley (Rio Arnas Valley)
Bessanese Glacier
Giasset
Rocca Tovo
Roch Neir
Saulera (Saulera Alp)
Testa Ciarva

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aeschynite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Braunite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Löllingite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Spinel
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Braunite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Löllingite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Spinel
Titanite Vesuvianite Vivianite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70798	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	70798,70800,70801,70802,70803	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70798	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	70804,70806	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	70798,70799	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	70798,70799,70805	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70799	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70800	5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	70798,70799	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	70798,70799	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70798	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70798	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	70798,70803,70804,70805,70806	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	70798,70800,70805,70806	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	70804,70805,70806	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70804	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70798,70802	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	70802,70803,70804,70805,70806	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70798	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	70801,70802,70803,70804,70805,70806	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70806	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	70798,70804,70805,70806	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70800,70801	14640
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	70798,70799	103
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	70798,70799	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	70798,70803,70804,70805,70806	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70800	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70800	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70803	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	70804,70806	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	70798,70800,70803,70804	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	70799,70800,70805,70806	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70798	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70798	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	70799	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70798	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	70802,70803,70805	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	70804,70806	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	70798	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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