Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 304299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Monti Pelati

Latitude: 45°24'37"N
Longitude: 7°44'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.410277777778,7.7391666666667

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Cristobalite	Kaolinite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rutile
Sepiolite	Spinel

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Clay Cristobalite Kaolinite None Olivine Pyroxene Rutile
Sepiolite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70628	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	70628	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70628	3902
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	70628	453
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	70628	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70628	1188
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70628	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	70628	1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70628	2994
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	70628	3106
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	70628	241
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	70628	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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