Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vermenagna Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 264649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vermenagna Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Limone Piemonte
Robilante
Vernante

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	Baryte	Calcite	Carpholite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Lawsonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Carpholite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Lawsonite Mica None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70616	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70612	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70612	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	70611,70613	376
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70609	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70612	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70616	5433
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	70611,70613	121
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70616	80
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	2	70611,70613	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70611,70613	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	70616	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70611,70613	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70616	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70609	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70611,70613	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	70611,70612,70613,70616	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70616	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70612	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70616	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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