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Locality Name:
Stroppo, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 277605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stroppo, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Monte Nebin
Vallone Di Elva Mine (Vallone Dell'Elva Mine)

Latitude: 44°29'59"N
Longitude: 7°5'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.499722222222,7.0997222222222

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
SerpentineTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carlosturanite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170477708
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21704785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17047811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17047827770
Carlosturanite  (*)None(Mg,Fe2+,Ti)21(Si,Al)12O28(OH)34·H2O17047715
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170477951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61704774135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21704789895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21704789617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217047812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217047839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217047861156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131704785317



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