Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sissone Valley, Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 27318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sissone Valley, Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cima Vazzeda

Latitude: 46°18'21"N
Longitude: 9°44'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.305833333333,9.7372222222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Ettringite	Fluorite	Garnet
Humite	Lazulite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Clintonite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Geikielite ()*	Grossular ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meionite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pargasite ()*
Periclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Fe H Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Ettringite Fluorite Garnet
Humite Lazulite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

29 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
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	70132	321
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70132	236
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		86
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70132	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	0		70
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	0		176
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		313
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	0		114
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	0		494
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	70132	1934
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	0		183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70132	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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