Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 30153
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30153.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ceresio Valley
Lake Lugano
Saltrio
Ticino River Gold Alluvials
Valganna
Veddasca Valley
Viconago

Latitude: 45°53'23"N
Longitude: 8°52'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.889722222222,8.8811111111111

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.

Acanthite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite
Autunite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Berthierite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Chukhrovite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Stilbite	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Thortveitite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aeschynite Allanite Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite
Autunite Baryte Bastnäsite Berthierite Beryl Brookite Calcite Caledonite Chabazite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Chukhrovite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Jalpaite Kaolinite Löllingite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Mixite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Stilbite Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite Thortveitite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite
Wurtzite Zircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Adamite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite-(Y) ()*	Almandine ()*
Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bazzite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chukhrovite-(Ca) ()*	Chukhrovite-(Ce) ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Macaulayite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Olenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Pearceite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Powellite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Schultenite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	70268	2793
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	70249,70258	254
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	2	70249,70251	141
Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Mixite	CeCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	70258	43
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	70251,70258	18
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	70249,70258	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	70249,70251,70255,70257,70258,70262	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70251,70257	706
Allanite-(Y) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaY(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70249	28
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70257	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	7	70249,70251,70256,70257,70258,70267,70268	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	70268	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	70249,70255,70257,70260	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70262	356
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	3	70249,70256,70258	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	7	70249,70253,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	70269	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70268	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	3	70249,70256,70258	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	70246,70248,70249,70255,70257,70260,70268,70269,70270	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	70258	304
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	4	70249,70251,70253,70257	51
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	70275	343
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	6	70249,70251,70253,70255,70257,70258	606
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	70249	1935
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	70249,70267	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	70243,70244,70245,70249,70251,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260,70262,70264,70268	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	70268	359
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	70258	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70249	309
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	70249	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	70243,70246,70249,70258,70260,70268	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	70249,70257	310
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	70268	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	70249,70257,70258,70260,70268	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	70251,70258	577
Chukhrovite-(Ca) ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₃Ca_1.5Al₂(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	1	70252	3
Chukhrovite-(Ce) ()*	Chukhrovite	Ca₃CeAl₂(SO₄)F₁₃·12H₂O	1	70270	3
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	70249,70251,70255	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	70273	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	70249,70268	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	70249,70253,70258,70268	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	70249	498
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	70249,70258	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	70245,70249,70251,70255,70257,70258	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70257	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70249	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	3	70249,70251,70258	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	5	70249,70251,70256,70257,70262	371
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	70249	345
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	70249	25
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	70251	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	13	70246,70249,70251,70252,70253,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260,70262,70268,70270	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70249	75
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	5	70249,70251,70255,70257,70258	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	13	70243,70246,70248,70249,70251,70252,70256,70257,70258,70260,70262,70268,70270	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	70246,70249,70253,70260	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	70265	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	70243	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70252	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	70249,70255,70257	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	70249,70258	1689
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	6	70249,70251,70253,70256,70257,70258	55
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70243	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70265	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	70268	116
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	70249	99
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	70249,70255,70257,70258	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	70268	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	70249,70258,70268	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	70249,70260	762
Macaulayite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄Si₄O₄₃(OH)₂	1	70251	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	70262,70265	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	70249,70260,70268	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	70249,70252,70255,70257,70260	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	70249,70251,70258,70262	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	70249,70253,70258	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	70249,70251,70255,70256,70257,70262	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	4	70249,70251,70253,70258	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	70249,70255,70257,70258,70273	17380
Olenite ()*	Tourmaline	NaAl₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃O₃(OH)	1	70273	24
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	70249,70251,70255,70257,70258	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	8	70249,70251,70253,70255,70256,70257,70258,70262	2349
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	70249,70256	124
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	70269	144
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	70268	249
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	4	70249,70256,70258,70260	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	3	70249,70257,70258	326
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	70249	494
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	70249,70256	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	70246	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	70243,70245,70246,70249,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260,70268,70269,70270	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	70246	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	70249,70255,70257,70258	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	70246,70249,70251,70253,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260,70262,70268,70269,70270,70273	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70249	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70265	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70249	2705
Schultenite ()*	None	Pb(AsO₃OH)	1	70268	30
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	3	70249,70256,70260	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	70260	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	70249,70255,70257,70258,70270	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70255	92
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	70273	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	70246,70249,70268	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	70243	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70249	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	70243,70248,70249,70252,70255,70256,70257,70258,70260,70262,70268	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	70249,70275	3418
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	70249,70257	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70268	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70268	99
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	70249,70256,70260	92
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	3	70251,70253,70258	232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	4	70249,70251,70253,70258	55
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	70268	5317
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	2	70249,70251	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	70249,70251,70258	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	2	70249,70257	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	70249,70257,70258	1476
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	70264	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	70269	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	70269	890
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	6	70243,70249,70251,70256,70257,70258	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	70249,70258	372
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	4	70249,70253,70257,70258	939
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	70249,70258	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	70249,70253,70257,70258,70265	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130040	Val Cavallizza Mine, Cavagnano, Cuasso Al Monte, Ceresio Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130040
R070704	Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070704
R120012	Curiglia, Curiglia Con Monteviasco, Veddasca Valley, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy	https://rruff.info/R120012

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