Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) Pegmatites, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 252887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) Pegmatites, Mergozzo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°0'1"N
Longitude: 8°23'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.000277777778,8.3947222222222

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.

Amorphous	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cu Fe H O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Ce Cu Fe H O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Monazite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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