Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 2106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ala Di Stura
Balme
Bracchiello
Chiampernotto
Monaviel (Monavel)
Rio Crosiasse
Voragno

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Braunite	Brochantite	Brookite	Brucite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite
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 As C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Braunite Brochantite Brookite Brucite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Humite Hydrotalcite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Serpentine Skutterudite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Titanite Vesuvianite Vivianite
Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hörnesite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Omphacite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	5	70784,70785,70792,70809,70810	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70798	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	70796,70798,70800,70801,70802,70803,70810	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70798	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	5	70789,70790,70792,70804,70806	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	70786,70798,70799	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70793	445
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	70809,70810	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	70782,70789,70798,70799,70805	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70799	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	70782,70784,70800	5509
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	70815	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	70784,70789	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	70798,70799	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	70798,70799	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	4	70789,70798,70815,70816	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	70787	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70798	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70810	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	70810	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	70782,70784,70785,70794,70795,70796,70798,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807,70810	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	70782,70784,70789	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	70789,70798,70800,70805,70806,70809,70814	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	70786	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70789	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	70789,70795,70810	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	14	70784,70785,70787,70790,70792,70795,70796,70797,70804,70805,70806,70807,70810,70815	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	3	70791,70804,70810	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	70792,70798,70802,70810	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	70793	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	18	70784,70785,70787,70789,70790,70792,70794,70795,70796,70797,70802,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807,70810,70811	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70798	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14	70785,70787,70790,70792,70795,70796,70801,70802,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807,70810	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70793	814
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	70789,70810	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70806	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70788	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70790	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	12	70784,70785,70787,70790,70792,70796,70797,70798,70804,70805,70806,70812	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70800,70801	14640
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	70798,70799	103
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70794	341
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	70785	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	70784,70810	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	70788	154
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	70790	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	70798,70799	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	70810	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14	70784,70789,70790,70792,70794,70795,70796,70798,70803,70804,70805,70806,70809,70810	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	70784,70789,70796,70800	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70800	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	70803,70810,70813,70815,70816	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	70795	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	70793	633
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	70788,70810	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70813	247
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	9	70784,70789,70791,70792,70794,70795,70804,70806,70810	495
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70815,70816	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	70784,70785,70798,70800,70803,70804,70810	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	70790,70799,70800,70805,70806,70809,70814,70817	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	70784,70788,70798,70815,70816	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	70793	233
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70783	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70798	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	70799	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	70793	531
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	70798,70815,70816	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	70789,70809,70817	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	70789	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	70792	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	9	70784,70785,70790,70792,70796,70802,70803,70805,70810	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	70809,70810	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70789	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	12	70784,70785,70787,70789,70792,70794,70795,70796,70797,70804,70806,70812	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	70798	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70788	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70810	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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