Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Otro Valley, Alagna Valsesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Otro Valley, Alagna Valsesia, Sesia Valley, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Feglierec Mine

Latitude: 45°50'46"N
Longitude: 7°55'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.846111111111,7.9263888888889

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.

Ardennite	Braunite	Calcite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Olivine	Quartz	Rhodonite

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 C Ca H Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ardennite Braunite Calcite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Olivine Quartz Rhodonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Tephroite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71222	8803
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	1	71222	34
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	71222	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71222	27770
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71222	260
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	71222	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71222	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	71222	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	71222	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71222	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	71222	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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