Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Menaggio, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 215419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menaggio, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Musso

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Clay	Corundum	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Staurolite	Talc	Titanite

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 Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Clay Corundum Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Staurolite Talc Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	69873	1310
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	69873	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	69873	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69872	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	69872	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	69872	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	69873	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	69873	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	69873	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69872	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	69872	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	69872	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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