Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monviso, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 230917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monviso, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Passo Gallarino
Pian Del Rè

Latitude: 44°41'46"N
Longitude: 7°4'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.696111111111,7.0755555555556

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	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Magnesite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet None
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70496	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70496,70498	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70496	2353
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70496	3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70496	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70496	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70496	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70498	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70496	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	70496	154
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	70496	12
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	70496	1487
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70496	61
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	70496	229
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70496	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70496	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	70496	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70496	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70496	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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