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

mindat Locality ID: 278641
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278641.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villadossola, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pianasca Quarry

Latitude: 46°3'47"N
Longitude: 8°15'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.063055555556,8.2522222222222

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dravite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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 As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Marcasite Mica Milarite
Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

46 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	71194	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71194	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71194	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	71194	2162
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	71194	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71194	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	71194	1272
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	71194	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	71194	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	71194	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	71194	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	71194	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	71194	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71194	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	71194	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71194	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71194	1025
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	71194	344
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	71194	498
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71194	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71194	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	71194	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	71194	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71194	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71194	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71194	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	71194	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	71194	5674
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	71194	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	71194	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71194	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71194	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	71194	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71194	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71194	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	71194	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71194	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71194	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	71194	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71194	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71194	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71194	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	71194	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71194	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	71194	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71194	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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