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Locality Name:
Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 4543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°40'45"N
Longitude: 7°26'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.679166666667,7.4491666666667

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAmphiboleApatiteArdenniteBrauniteCalciteChloriteChloritoidClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMonazite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileScheeliteSpinel
TalcTitaniteZircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminoceladonite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Birnessite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Calderite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferri-ghoseite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Gasparite-(La)  (*)Gold  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Macfallite  (*)Magnesiochloritoid  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganiandrosite-(Ce)  (*)Manganite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Powellite  (*)Priderite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Strontiomelane  (*)
Talc  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tweddillite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Violarite  (*)Winchite  (*)
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)203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O60286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Aluminoceladonite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Fe2+)Al(Si4O10)(OH)2012
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6034
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O0178
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Calderite  (*)GarnetMn2+3Fe3+2(SiO4)3017
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2094
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Amphibole   (NaMn2+)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2014
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gasparite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(AsO4)05
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O40172
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Macfallite  (*)NoneCa2Mn3+3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)306
Magnesiochloritoid  (*)ChloritoidMgAl2O(SiO4)(OH)2012
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Manganiandrosite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteMnCe(Mn3+AlMn2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)0186
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O60229
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0260
Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSr(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)012
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O16041
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO30147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)20148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Strontiomelane  (*)CoronaditeSr(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O1603
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)0240
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)015
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tweddillite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSrMn3+2Al(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)04
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)30212
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2051
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-2Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italyhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-2
FKM-171Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italyhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-171
R060905Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060905
R060323Prabornaz Mine (Praborna Mine), Saint-Marcel, Aosta Valley, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060323


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