Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maddalena Quarry, Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 261739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maddalena Quarry, Beura Quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°4'3"N
Longitude: 8°17'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.0675,8.2902777777778

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.

Brookite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	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 B Be Bi Ca F Fe H Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ca F Fe H Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Clinozoisite Epidote Fluorite Gadolinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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