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Locality Name:
Campo Franscia (Franscia), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 260198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Campo Franscia (Franscia), 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:
Campo Franscia-Alpe Gera Road
Dossi Di Franscia (Franscia Mine; Franscia Mines; Franscia Quarries)

Latitude: 46°17'22"N
Longitude: 9°54'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.289444444444,9.9111111111111

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Artinite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper
Epsomite	Garnet	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Vesuvianite

Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Grossular ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Theophrastite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Zaratite ()*

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 Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper
Epsomite Garnet Humite Hydrotalcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Pentlandite
Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Vesuvianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70141	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70141	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70141	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	70141	75
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70141	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70141	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70141	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	70141	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70141	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70141	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70141	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70141	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70141	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	70141	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	70141	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70141	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70141	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70141	1188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70141	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	70141	205
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70141	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	70141	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70141	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70141	12537
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	70140,70141	84
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	70141	80
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	70141	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	70141	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	70141	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70141	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70141	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70141	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	70141	48
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70141	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	70141	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70141	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70141	3337
Theophrastite ()*	Brucite	Ni(OH)₂	1	70141	6
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70141	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70141	1395
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	70141	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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