Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Valdieri, Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 283077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valdieri, Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Maissa Mine
San Lorenzo
Terme Di Valdieri

Latitude: 44°12'36"N
Longitude: 7°16'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.21,7.2808333333333

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	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore
Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Berthierine ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Cesàrolite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore
Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	70447	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70447	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	70447	304
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70447	59
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70445,70447	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	70447	4979
Cesàrolite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺₃O₆(OH)₂	1	70447	27
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	70447	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70447	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70452	203
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	70447	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	70447	599
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70447	651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70447	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70447	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	70445,70447,70448	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	70445,70447	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	70447	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70447	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	70452	367
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	70452	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	70447	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70447	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70447	12537
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	70447	73
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70445,70447,70448	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70447	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	70447,70450	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	70447	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70447	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	70445,70447	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70447	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70445	2045
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	70452	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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