Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valletta Mine, Vallone Della Valletta, Canosio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 259564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valletta Mine, Vallone Della Valletta, Canosio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°23'43"N
Longitude: 7°5'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.395277777778,7.0916666666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alluaudite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arthurite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Braunite
Calcite	Carminite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite	Feldspar	Fianelite	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile
Saneroite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alluaudite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arthurite Baryte Brackebuschite Braunite
Calcite Carminite Clay Coronadite Corundum Descloizite Feldspar Fianelite Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile
Saneroite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Adelite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arseniopleite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzeliite ()*	Bosiite ()*	Braccoite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canosioite ()*	Caryinite ()*	Castellaroite ()*
Coralloite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Fianelite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Gamagarite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Grandaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lombardoite ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Palenzonaite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Piccoliite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Rüdlingerite ()*	Rutile ()*
Saneroite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Tilasite ()*
Tinnunculite ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tokyoite ()*	Wallkilldellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adelite ()*	Adelite	CaMg(AsO₄)(OH)	13
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arseniopleite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaMnMn₂(AsO₄)₃	7
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Berzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mg₂(AsO₄)₃	6
Bosiite ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe³⁺₃(Al₄Mg₂)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	3
Braccoite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](AsO₃)(OH)	1
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Canosioite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Fe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)	2
Caryinite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaCaMn₂(AsO₄)₃	4
Castellaroite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·4.5H₂O	2
Coralloite ()*	Arthurite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	4
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fianelite ()*	Fianelite	Mn²⁺₂V₂O₇·2H₂O	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gamagarite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	10
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	45
Grandaite ()*	Brackebuschite	Sr₂Al(AsO₄)₂(OH)	1
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lombardoite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Mn³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)	1
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	79
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	24
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	24
Palenzonaite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(VO₄)₃	9
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Piccoliite ()*	Carminite	NaCaMn³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂O(OH)	2
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	21
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	148
Rüdlingerite ()*	Fianelite	Mn²⁺₂V⁵⁺As⁵⁺O₇·2H₂O	2
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Saneroite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](VO₃)(OH)	6
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	34
Tinnunculite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃·2H₂O	8
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tokyoite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂OH	9
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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