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Locality Name:
Montaldo Di Mondovì, Corsaglia Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 291268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montaldo Di Mondovì, Corsaglia Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Borgata Oberti

Latitude: 44°19'8"N
Longitude: 7°51'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.318888888889,7.8522222222222

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 As Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti V Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBrauniteCalciteCarminiteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeFairfieldite
FeldsparGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPottsitePyroxeneQuartzRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteTitaniteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Anatase  (*)Armellinoite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Berzeliite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Gasparite-(La)  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Manganberzeliite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Piccoliite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Svabite  (*)
Talmessite  (*)Tilasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)
Wallkilldellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61704321022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21704322162
Armellinoite-(Ce)  (*)PottsiteCa4Ce4+(AsO4)4·H2O1704321
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617043221
Berzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mg2(AsO4)31704326
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)170432483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17043227770
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)17043246
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1704322600
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16170432599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21704329895
Gasparite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(AsO4)1704325
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1704327437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317043214640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16170432243
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)317043224
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1704321508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217043217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1704322349
Piccoliite  (*)CarminiteNaCaMn3+2(AsO4)2O(OH)1704322
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217043261156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10170432312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21704325614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31704321214
Svabite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3F17043216
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O17043246
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F17043234
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1704324899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170432433
Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)ZirconYVO41704327
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O17043220



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