Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ban Group, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 264068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ban Group, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gemelli Di Ban
Pizzo Del Costone (Punta Del Costone)

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

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Talc Titanite Tourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71091	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71091	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	71091	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	71091	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71092	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	71091	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	71092	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71092	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71092	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71092	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	71092	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71091	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71092	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71092	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71091,71092	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	71091,71092	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71092	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71092	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71091	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71092	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	71092	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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