Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rio Vasca, Craveggia, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 274108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274108.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alpe Marco Inferiore
Piano Del Lavonchio (Piano Dei Lavonchi)

Latitude: 46°8'54"N
Longitude: 8°30'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.148333333333,8.5075

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Bismutite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Millerite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Stibnite	Stilbite	Talc	Tapiolite	Thomsonite	Titanite
Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bavenite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fersmite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scolecite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce F Fe H Mg Na Nb Ni O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Bismutite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Millerite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Stibnite Stilbite Talc Tapiolite Thomsonite Titanite
Wollastonite Zircon

37 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)	2	71155,71156	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71156	2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71156	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	71156	1272
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	71156	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	71156	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71156	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	71156	96
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	71156	1935
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	1	71155	138
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	71156	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	71156	196
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1	71156	83
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71155	1544
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	71156	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71156	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	71155,71156	1271
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	71155	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71156	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71155,71156	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71155	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71156	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71155,71156	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	71155	48
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71156	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71155	390
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	71155	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71155	3337
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	71156	99
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	1	71156	16
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	71156	88
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	71155	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71155	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	71156	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	71156	890
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	71155	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71156	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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