Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Brusimpiano, Lake Lugano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 246454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brusimpiano, Lake Lugano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Symplesite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Symplesite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Symplesite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	134
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	92

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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