Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Villa Di Chiavenna, Bregaglia Valley, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 246707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villa Di Chiavenna, Bregaglia Valley, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Canete
Casnaggina Valley
Chete-Canete Area
Giavera

Latitude: 46°19'34"N
Longitude: 9°30'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.326111111111,9.5122222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Brookite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brookite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Meionite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Brookite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scapolite Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70032	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70032,70035	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	70033,70034	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	70033	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	70033	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70032	700
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	70033	321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70035	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	70033,70034	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70035	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70032	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70035	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70035	271
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70034	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70032	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	70034,70035	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	70033	1507
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	70035	176
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	70032	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	70032,70033,70034,70035	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70034,70035	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	70032,70033,70034,70035	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	70032,70035	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70033	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	70033	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70033	1214
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	70032,70035	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	70032	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70033	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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