Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rossa Asbestos Mine (Alpe Rossa Mine), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 304078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rossa Asbestos Mine (Alpe Rossa Mine), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°20'2"N
Longitude: 8°14'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.333888888889,8.2391666666667

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Serpentine

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Serpentine

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Antigorite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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