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Locality Name:
Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 223161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fénis, Aosta Valley, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clavalité Valley

Latitude: 45°44'2"N
Longitude: 7°30'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.733888888889,7.5083333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBrochantiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteEpidoteGarnetIronMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyriteRutileSpinelTalcTitanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Piemontite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21683843419
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2268389,683905509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4268388,683895516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61683881633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2268389,6839027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2168389376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1683883531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1683883846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1683884165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1683881027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)268386,683898173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)168388371
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2168389286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1683887437
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4168388407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3268388,683895433
Iron  (*)IronFe1683881089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4368387,68388,6838914899
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2168389247
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)168385260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2268389,6839039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268388,683899056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21683895614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31683851214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41683881934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21683893337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1683844899
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4168388120


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