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Locality Name:
Vico Canavese, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 277789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vico Canavese, Chiusella Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vico Quarries

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteSpinelTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)
Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1706458803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21706452162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31706451534
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81706451756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61706454135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2170645160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1706458173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1706451188
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6170645741
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1706452349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217064539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217064561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1706454894
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41706451934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1706454899



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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