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Locality Name:
Airale Valley, Torreggio Valley, Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 260200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Airale Valley, Torreggio Valley, Torre Di Santa Maria, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cassandra Glacier
Cassandra Lakes
Corni D'Airale

Latitude: 46°14'56"N
Longitude: 9°45'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.248888888889,9.7622222222222

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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteNonePerovskitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSepiolite
SpinelThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)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)1701848803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3270183,701841534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270183,7018527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217018327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1701833531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8270183,701841756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1701831025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6270183,701844135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170183648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270183,701848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17018324243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3270183,701845433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4370183,70184,7018514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217018312537
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3270184,70185495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21701841898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217018461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21701835614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O170183241
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O170184452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O270183,701844899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl170183605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10270183,701841395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1701835251



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