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Locality Name:
Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 31814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cavaglià
Cervo Stream Gold Alluvials
Cervo Valley
Curino
Elvo Stream Gold Alluvials
Oropa
Pollone
Séssera Valley
Veglio
Victimula Arena

Latitude: 45°32'30"N
Longitude: 8°5'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.541666666667,8.0858333333333
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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAuricuprideAutuniteAxinite
BaryteBerylBrookiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGypsumHeulanditeLepidocrociteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMilariteMolybdenite
MordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScapoliteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteSulphurTitanite
TourmalineVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Corkite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Milarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stellerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2270382,703833419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)670382,70393,70394,70405,70406,704088803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270393,70394706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2570382,70383,70393,70394,703962162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31703911534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)270383,703892734
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61703982060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O670382,70383,70385,70391,70393,703941272
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe170397166
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2470383,70388,70393,70394260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17038711547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)270393,70394255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18270393,703944286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4370382,70383,703875516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2270393,70394700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)670382,70383,70393,70394,70402,7040827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)370389,70393,703944979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O270393,70394310
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O17038366
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2670382,70387,70389,70393,70394,7040827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O470382,70383,70393,703943531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8270393,703941756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)370393,70394,704081025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS170408966
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6270383,70389151
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3370405,70406,704081797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS270383,703874165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3170405802
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)270393,70394648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)770382,70383,70393,70394,70405,70406,704088173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O270393,70394138
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O170408814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)270383,70387551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O370383,70387,70389345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F370388,70393,703942740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2570382,70383,70393,70394,703969617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2270383,70385163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS570382,70387,70389,70393,7039424243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2270398,70402286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270387,703897437
Gold  (*)CopperAu670380,70381,70383,70389,70397,7040230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31703911544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1704086890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6170391741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3570382,70387,70393,70394,7039714640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O570383,70388,70391,70393,70394246
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)270383,7038757
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3370380,70381,703975433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61703872228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O470382,70383,70393,703941271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)270393,70394581
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)170405451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4770380,70381,70382,70387,70393,70394,7039714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2570382,70387,70389,70393,7039412537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)170391176
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2170405207
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O270382,70385443
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O270393,70394156
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1703831107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2770382,70383,70387,70389,70391,70393,703945800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)270393,70394362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2770382,70393,70394,70398,70402,70405,7040617380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6170398229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O470382,70383,70393,703942994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)670382,70385,70388,70393,70394,703982349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS170405767
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O270382,70391144
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2270393,703942273
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)270383,70387494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2370382,70383,704051898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2670382,70387,70393,70394,70402,7040839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2270383,703893106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl270383,703891725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81703829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2970382,70383,70387,70389,70393,70394,70396,70398,7040861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2970380,70381,70393,70394,70397,70398,70399,70402,704085614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)670383,70387,70389,70391,70393,703944894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1704042705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O270393,70394390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270382,7038721482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O270393,70394189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O270393,70394268
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)470383,70387,70393,70394156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS270383,703872045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F170396232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)270393,703941006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O670382,70383,70385,70393,70394,704084899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O570383,70385,70391,70393,703941059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2270393,703942562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2270393,703942718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O270393,70394890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl270393,70394605
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3370382,70383,703911247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4770382,70383,70387,70388,70389,70393,703941655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O170383185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)870380,70381,70391,70393,70394,70397,70405,704065251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060037Pollone, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060037

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