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


mindat Locality ID: 246469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Lugano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brusimpiano
Valganna

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
LöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSymplesite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1702628803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21702603092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2170262356
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1702609052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17026011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270260,7026227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1702604979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217026027198
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)170262371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2270260,702629617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270260,7026224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1702607437
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170260762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417026214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217026012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21702605674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702624924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21702625800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1702622349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O170260428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217026039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270260,7026261156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1702601153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6170260134
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270260,7026221482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17026092


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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