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Locality Name:
Grignaschi Quarry, Cosasca, Trontano, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 29934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grignaschi Quarry, Cosasca, Trontano, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°6'29"N
Longitude: 8°18'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.108055555556,8.315
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 Be Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheeliteSpinelTapioliteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O60414
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O40445
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O6099
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6088
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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