Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Formazza Gneiss Quarries, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 264174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Formazza Gneiss Quarries, 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:
Antillone Quarry (Kighel Quarry)
Imboden Quarry (Boschetto Quarry)

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Titanite	Zircon

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 F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Titanite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71096,71097	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	71096,71097	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71097	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71096,71097	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71096	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71096,71097	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71097	390
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	71096,71097	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71097	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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