Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 27320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bocchetta Delle Forbici
Cime Di Musella
Forcella D'Entova
Forcella Di Fellaria
Lower Scerscen Glacier
Scerscen Valley Asbestos Mine
Upper Scerscen Glacier

Latitude: 46°17'52"N
Longitude: 9°54'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.297777777778,9.9116666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite
Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wagnerite

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 As B Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite
Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wagnerite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Coalingite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Friedelite ()*	Galena ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Johannsenite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*
Sarkinite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	70169	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70169	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70169	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	70168,70170	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70170	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70168,70170	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70171	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70169	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	70169	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	70168,70169	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70169	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70170	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	70165,70166,70167,70168,70169	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	70169	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	70167,70168,70169,70171	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70170	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70170	951
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70169	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	70165,70168,70170	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70168	236
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	1	70170	27
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	70169	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	70169	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	70165,70168	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	70169	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70169	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70169	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70169	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70168	1188
Friedelite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	1	70169	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	70168,70169	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	70169	173
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	70169	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70169	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	70169	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	70165,70168	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		172
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1	70169	73
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	70169	234
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70170	359
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70169	93
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	70166	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	70165,70167,70168,70170	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	70168,70170	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	1	70169	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70168,70169	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	3	70165,70167,70168	495
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70169	260
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	70169	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	70169	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	70165,70171	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	70166,70169	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70169	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70169	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70169	148
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	70169	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	70166,70168,70169	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70169	301
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	70169	30
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70169	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70168	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	70169	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	1	70169	15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	70165,70168	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	70165,70167,70169	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70168	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	0		1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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