Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ceronda Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 254231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ceronda Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Cassa
Varisella

Latitude: 45°12'13"N
Longitude: 7°28'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.203611111111,7.4797222222222

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.

Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Serpentine	Spinel

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Chalcopyrite Clay Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene
Serpentine Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Balangeroite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Taenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70735	708
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	70735	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70734	5509
Balangeroite ()*	None	Mg₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀	1	70735	3
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	70731,70734	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	70730,70735	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70735	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70735	1188
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	70734,70735	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	70731,70734	12537
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	70735	1512
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	70735	703

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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