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Locality Name:
Toceno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 265485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Toceno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Val Di Crana

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

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteBerylBismutiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelStibniteStilbiteTitaniteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uranopolycrase  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6171185141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1711858803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171185706
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171185255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181711854286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)217118596
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3171185214
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31711851935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17118227770
Fergusonite-(Y)-β  (*)NoneYNbO417118517
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1711828173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6271182,71185414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1711852740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21711859617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2171185163
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1711857437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3271182,7118514640
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)17118537
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31711855433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4271182,711841507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417118514899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)171185945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271182,7118517380
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6171185121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217118539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2371182,71184,7118561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21711825614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8171185353
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31711851214
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O171182268
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1711851006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O271182,711854899
Uranopolycrase  (*)ColumbiteUTi2O617118413
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41711851655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)171185939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1711855251



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