Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio Alfenza, Crodo, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 249011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Alfenza, Crodo, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°14'20"N
Longitude: 8°18'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.238888888889,8.3016666666667

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.

Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	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 Bi Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cosalite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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