Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cuasso Al Piano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 290109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cuasso Al Piano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bonomi Quarry
Del Prete Quarry

Latitude: 45°54'16"N
Longitude: 8°52'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.904444444444,8.8805555555556

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.

Amorphous	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Symplesite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Symplesite ()*	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 Al As Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Symplesite Vivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70255	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70256	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	70255	3092
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	70256	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	70255,70256	9052
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	70256	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70255	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	70255	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	70255,70256	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70255	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70255	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	70256	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	70255,70256	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	70255	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70256	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70255	14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	70256	55
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70255	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	70255	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	70255,70256	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70255	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70255	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70255,70256	2349
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70256	124
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	70256	428
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	70256	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70255,70256	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70255	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	70255,70256	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	70256	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	70255	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70255	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	70255,70256	21482
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70256	92
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	70256	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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