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Locality Name:
Sferlùn Asbestos Mine, Vallone Del Cengiaccio (Cengiaccio; Cengiàsc; Cengiasco), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 27325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sferlùn Asbestos Mine, Vallone Del Cengiaccio (Cengiaccio; Cengiàsc; Cengiasco), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°16'9"N
Longitude: 9°54'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.269166666667,9.9025
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBruciteCalciteClayCopperGarnetHumiteHydrotalciteNoneOlivine
PyroxeneSerpentineSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)2016
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089


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