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Locality Name:
Varzo, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varzo, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Colmine Di Crevola (Monte Colmine)
Veglia Alp

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Epidote ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*
Hematite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tinnunculite ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Aragonite Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71082	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	71083	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71082	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71083	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	71083,71084	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	71083	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71083,71084	3250
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	71083	304
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	71083	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71082,71083,71084	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	71083,71084	1756
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Y,U,Mn)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	71083	9
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71082	8173
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	71083	163
Gramaccioliite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe³⁺₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)₁₈O₃₈	1	71083	9
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	71083,71084	14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	71083	55
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	71083	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	71082,71083	14899
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71083	443
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71083	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	71082,71083,71084	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	71083	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	71082,71083,71084	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	71082,71083,71084	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	71083	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	71083,71084	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	71083,71084	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71083	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71083	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	71083	232
Tinnunculite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃·2H₂O	1	71083	8
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71083	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71083	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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