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Locality Name:
Piano Del Lavonchio (Piano Dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 25848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piano Del Lavonchio (Piano Dei Lavonchi), Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°8'54"N
Longitude: 8°30'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.148333333333,8.5077777777778
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Fe H Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylBismutiteClayColumbiteCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrophylliteQuartzRutileScheeliteStibnite
TapioliteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fersmite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Opal  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO40196
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6083
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6099
Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(TaTi)O6016
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6088
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O0890
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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