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Locality Name:
Fellaria Valley, Campo Moro Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 259331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fellaria Valley, Campo Moro Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fellaria Glacier
Varuna Glacier

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteNonePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1701508803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31701491534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41701495516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1701495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217014927198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81701491756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61701494135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2270149,701509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17014924243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317015014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417014914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217014912537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270149,7015061156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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