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Locality Name:
Sondalo, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 24425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sondalo, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dombastone Valley
Le Prese
Piatta Grande
Stabiello Alp
Tocco Valley

Latitude: 46°19'16"N
Longitude: 10°21'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.321111111111,10.358611111111

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 B Be C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteBrookiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteDiasporeDumortieriteEnargiteGypsumLöllingiteMarcasiteMiniumNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrochloreQuartzRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Enargite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Olenite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schafarzikite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibarsen  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21702032162
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb170204363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)270203,702043250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs170204379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O170204194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3170204231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702049052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4170204343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181702014286
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11170204843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31702041089
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2170203700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17020427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217020427198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2170204162
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4270201,70205321
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21702049895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4170204910
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1702047437
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4170202407
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14170204784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2170204230
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170204762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417020414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21702045674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O170202425
Olenite  (*)TourmalineNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)024
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O170204105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O17020499
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217020439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81702049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270203,7020461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21702035614
Schafarzikite  (*)MiniumFe2+(Sb3+)2O41702049
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702041153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3170204179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1702036417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17020421482
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs17020448
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)170204446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31702043418
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17020492
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131702045317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3170204369
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)470201,70202,70204,702055251



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