Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Staffora Valley, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 270430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Staffora Valley, Pavia Province, Lombardy, Italy": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brallo Di Pregola
Godiasco Salice Terme
Rivanazzano Terme
Santa Margherita Di Staffora
Val Di Nizza
Varzi

Latitude: 44°52'40"N
Longitude: 9°7'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.877777777778,9.1169444444444

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	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Iron	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	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 Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Iron Melanterite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Talc Titanite Zircon

32 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	70007	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	69996,70003	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69999	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	69998,69999,70003	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70003	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	69995,69998,69999,70001,70004,70006,70008	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70007	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70004	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70003	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	70003,70004	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	70003,70007	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70003	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70007	1188
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70003	286
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	69997,69998,69999	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70007	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	70007	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	70003	1507
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70004	359
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	70008	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70008	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	69996,70000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70003	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	70003	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	70003	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	69998	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	70007	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	69995,70004	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70003	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	70007	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70003	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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