Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Besano, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 281836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Besano, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bellavista Prospect (Bellavista Mine)
Ca' Del Frate Road
L'Americana Quarry ("Bisuschio Quarry")
Piodé Mine

Latitude: 45°52'40"N
Longitude: 8°53'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.877777777778,8.8925

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Ba C Ca Cd Cl F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Copper Diaspore Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70246	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	70243,70244,70245	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	70243,70246	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70245	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70246	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	70243,70246	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70246	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	70243	717
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70243	1066
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	70246	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70243,70245,70246	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70246	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70246	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	70246	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	70243	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70243	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	70243	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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