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Locality Name:
Beura-Cardezza, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 278565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278565.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Beura Quarries

Latitude: 46°4'12"N
Longitude: 8°17'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.07,8.2919444444444

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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAxiniteBerylBrookiteCalcite
Cancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
HeulanditeKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteStaurolite
StibniteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6171065141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1710658803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171065706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2271065,710662162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1710659052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2171065260
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)271065,71066255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2171065606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181710654286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1710651966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3271065,710661935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41710655516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2271065,71066700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17106527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1710654979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O171065310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217106527198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1710651025
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5171065344
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)271065,71066498
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)171065648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)271065,710668173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1710652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2271065,710669617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2171065163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17106524243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S171065237
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O171065246
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH171065367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31710655433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41710655591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41710651507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O271065,710661271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21710655674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21710655800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)171065945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217106517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1710652349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)171065326
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21710651898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2271065,7106639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8271065,710669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217106561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21710655614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1710654894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)271065,710662705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O171065390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS271065,7106621482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)171065978
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F171065232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1710651006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1710654899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1710651059
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41710651655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)171065939



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