Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 275619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Antrona Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ghiacciaio Del Bottarello

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Feldspar Garnet Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71048	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71048	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71048	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71048	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	71048	3902
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71048	286
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	71048	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71048	247
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71048	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71048	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71048	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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