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Locality Name:
Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 223288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cirla Quarry (Monte Camoscio Quarry; Camoscio Quarry)
Scala Dei Ratti Quarry (Ratti Quarry; Scala Quarry)

Latitude: 45°55'45"N
Longitude: 8°28'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.929166666667,8.4791666666667

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Na Nb Nd O Sc Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AncyliteArsenicBerylCalciteCeriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteKristianseniteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectoliteQuartz
RhodoniteSerpentineSpinelStilbiteThortveititeZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cascandite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)Kristiansenite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scandiobabingtonite  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Thortveitite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O17098190
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)270980,709818803
Aluminocerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce6Ca3)   Al(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)31709818
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)270980,70981255
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417098159
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181709804286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1709801966
Calcioancylite-(Ce)  (*)Ancylite(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O)17098146
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)AncyliteNd2.8Ca1.2(CO3)4(OH)3·H2O1709815
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17098127770
Cascandite  (*)PectoliteCaScSi3O8(OH)1709816
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1709818173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)170980371
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O617098183
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2270980,709819617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2170981163
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1709811689
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)17098155
Kamphaugite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2(OH)·H2O17098128
Kristiansenite  (*)KristianseniteCa4Sc2Sn2(Si2O7)2(Si2O6OH)21709816
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1709811271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417098014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217098117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1709802349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270980,7098161156
Scandiobabingtonite  (*)Rhodonite(Ca,Na)2(Fe2+,Mn)(Sc,Fe3+)Si5O14(OH)1709813
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1817098135
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O170981268
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1709811006
Thortveitite  (*)ThortveititeSc2Si2O717098154
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1709805251



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