Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Como Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 30234
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30234.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Como Province, Lombardy, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Darengo Valley
Dosso Valley
Menaggio
San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna
San Siro
Sorico

Latitude: 46°11'56"N
Longitude: 9°15'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.198888888889,9.2613888888889

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Staurolite	Stibnite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*	Baryte ()*
Berthierite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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: Al B Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Corundum Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Staurolite Stibnite
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	69867	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	69873	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	69877	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	69875	363
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	69877	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	69875	343
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	69867,69868,69869	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	69875,69877	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	69877	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	69869,69875	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	69868	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	69875,69877	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	69875,69877	24243
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	69875	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	69875	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	69873	5433
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	69875	230
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	69869,69873	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	69875	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	69877	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	69877	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	69867,69868,69869,69872,69879	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	69869,69872,69875,69877	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	69867,69868	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	69872,69875	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	69867,69869,69873,69875,69879	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	69867,69868,69869	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	69869,69873	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	69875,69877	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	69873	978
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	69875	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	69875	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69872	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	69875,69877	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	69872	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	69872	2562
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	69877	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	69867,69868,69879	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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