Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Contrada Rossati Di Sotto, Novale, Valdagno, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 278578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Contrada Rossati Di Sotto, Novale, Valdagno, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fosse Di Novale

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 Be C Ca Fe Mg O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteCorundumGarnetNickelineNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzSpinel
TitaniteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31736502353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61736502060
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181736504286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17365027770
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31736501797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61736504135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1736501188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31736505433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417365014899
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3173650341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81736509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217365061156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1736504899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1736505251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...