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Locality Name:
Canosio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 293544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canosio, Maira Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vallone Della Valletta

Latitude: 44°23'43"N
Longitude: 7°5'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.395277777778,7.0916666666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlluauditeAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteArthuriteBaryteBrackebuschiteBraunite
CalciteCarminiteClayCoronaditeCorundumDescloiziteFeldsparFianeliteFluoriteGarnet
GypsumMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutile
SaneroiteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Adelite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Arseniopleite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzeliite  (*)Bosiite  (*)Braccoite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canosioite  (*)Caryinite  (*)Castellaroite  (*)
Coralloite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)Fianelite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Gamagarite  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Grandaite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lombardoite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganberzeliite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Oxy-dravite  (*)Palenzonaite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Piccoliite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rüdlingerite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saneroite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)Tilasite  (*)
Tinnunculite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tokyoite  (*)Wallkilldellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adelite  (*)AdeliteCaMg(AsO4)(OH)17046813
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61704681022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1704688803
Arseniopleite  (*)AlluauditeNaCaMnMn2(AsO4)31704687
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21704685509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O170468150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17046811547
Berzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mg2(AsO4)31704686
Bosiite  (*)TourmalineNaFe3+3(Al4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O1704683
Braccoite  (*)SaneroiteNaMn2+5[Si5O14(OH)](AsO3)(OH)1704681
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)170468483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17046827770
Canosioite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)1704682
Caryinite  (*)AlluauditeNaCaCaMn2(AsO4)31704684
Castellaroite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+3(AsO4)2·4.5H2O1704682
Coralloite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O1704684
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16170468599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61704684135
Fianelite  (*)FianeliteMn2+2V2O7·2H2O1704683
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1704682740
Gamagarite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)17046810
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)17046845
Grandaite  (*)BrackebuschiteSr2Al(AsO4)2(OH)1704681
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1704686890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317046814640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16170468243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31704685433
Lombardoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(AsO4)2(OH)1704681
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)217046879
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)217046893
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417046814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217046812537
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)317046824
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1704681107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217046817380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)170468186
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1704682994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1704682349
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O17046824
Palenzonaite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(VO4)31704689
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21704682273
Piccoliite  (*)CarminiteNaCaMn3+2(AsO4)2O(OH)1704682
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)17046821
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217046861156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O170468177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1704681711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)170468969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2170468148
Rüdlingerite  (*)FianeliteMn2+2V5+As5+O7·2H2O1704682
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21704685614
Saneroite  (*)SaneroiteNaMn2+5[Si5O14(OH)](VO3)(OH)1704686
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21704683337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131704685317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2170468236
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F17046834
Tinnunculite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O3·2H2O1704688
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)17046815
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1704684899
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH1704689
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O17046820


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