Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 212168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zebrù Valley, Valfurva, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rin Maré Valley (Rio Maré Valley)
Vedretta Della Miniera

Latitude: 46°28'7"N
Longitude: 10°33'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.468611111111,10.550555555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Fluorite	Garnet	Gismondine
Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Brucite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Fluorite Garnet Gismondine
Gypsum Lepidocrocite Ludwigite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Valleriite Vesuvianite Wurtzite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clintonite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sudoite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70239	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70239	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70239	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	70239	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70239	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70239	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70239	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70239	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70238,70239	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	70239	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70239	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	70239	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70239	1756
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70239	86
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	70239	1008
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	70239	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70239	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70238	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70239	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70239	129
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70238	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70239	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70239	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	70239	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70239	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	70239	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70239	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70238	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	70239	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70239	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	70239	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	70239	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70239	359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	70239	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70239	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70239	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	70239	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70239	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	70239	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	70239	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70239	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70239	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70239	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70239	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	1	70239	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70237,70239	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70239	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70237	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	70239	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70239	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	70239	1934
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	70239	51
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	70239	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70239	4899
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	70239	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70239	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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