Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rossaccio Alp ("Rossaccio Valley"), Bregaglia Valley, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 217990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rossaccio Alp ("Rossaccio Valley"), Bregaglia Valley, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Not in a structural group Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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