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Locality Name:
Niardo, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 276929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niardo, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fà Valley
Upper Stabio Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparGarnet
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzScapoliteSpinel
VesuvianiteWollastonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clintonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marialite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61698412060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41698415516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16984127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216984127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1698413531
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)216984186
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1698418173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1698417437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31698411544
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216984112537
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl269840,69841139
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21698415800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1698412349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21698411898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216984139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216984161156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41698411934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O169841183
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101698411395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31698411247


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