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Locality Name:
Sonico, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 228270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sonico, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Malga Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnet
MicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTourmalineWollastonite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5269852,698541310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31698541534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6269852,698532060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)269852,6985327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216985227198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1698531025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)369852,69853,698548173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1698537437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31698521544
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416985314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216985317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2269852,6985339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269853,6985461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1698532705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4269853,698541934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21698532562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21698542718
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31698521247


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