Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Laghetto Quarry
Val Cavallizza Mine
Val Cavallizza Quarries

Latitude: 45°54'26"N
Longitude: 8°52'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.907222222222,8.8769444444444

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Chukhrovite	Clay
Columbite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mixite	Molybdenite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Thortveitite	Titanite
Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chukhrovite-(Ca) ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Macaulayite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Chukhrovite Clay
Columbite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Marcasite Mixite Molybdenite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Thortveitite Titanite
Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70251	141
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	70251	18
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70251	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70251	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70251	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70253	9052
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	2	70251,70253	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	70251,70253	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70251	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	70251	577
Chukhrovite-(Ca) ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₃Ca_1.5Al₂(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	1	70252	3
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70251	1756
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	70253	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70251	9895
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	70251	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	70251	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70251	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	70251,70252,70253	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	70251	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	70251,70252	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70253	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70252	6890
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	2	70251,70253	55
Macaulayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄Si₄O₄₃(OH)₂	1	70251	2
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	70252	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70251	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	70253	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70251	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	70251,70253	945
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70251	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70251,70253	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	70251,70253	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70252	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	2	70251,70253	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	2	70251,70253	55
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1	70251	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70251	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	70251	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	70253	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70253	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130040	Val Cavallizza Mine, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130040

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