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Locality Name:
Stura Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 53534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stura Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aisone
Argentera
Demonte
Pietraporzio
Sambuco
Valloriate
Vinadio

Latitude: 44°16'28"N
Longitude: 7°6'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.274444444444,7.1138888888889

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Th Ti U V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAeschyniteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryte
BerylBrookiteCalciteCarpholiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumCrichtonite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMonaziteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStilbiteTetrahedriteTourmaline
WurtziteZircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Ferrocarpholite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gramaccioliite-(Y)  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Senaite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6270537,70543141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)770516,70518,70526,70528,70532,70537,705388803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31705342353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2970518,70526,70528,70532,70535,70536,70537,70539,705432162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)370513,70514,705152734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)270525,705323250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS270536,705429052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1705371272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21705235509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)770514,70515,70517,70523,70527,70532,7053811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181705344286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1705361966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4270523,705365516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2570518,70528,70532,70537,70538700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)570518,70523,70525,70528,7053827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)370513,70515,705364979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2470523,70536,70540,7054227198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2170521376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1705233531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1705321025
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170532648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)170523220
Ferrocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteFe2+Al2Si2O6(OH)417052125
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F270528,705382740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2470515,70527,70536,705439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS570513,70514,70515,70536,7054024243
Gramaccioliite-(Y)  (*)Crichtonite(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)18O381705289
Graphite  (*)NoneC270516,705322812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS170536717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3770512,70528,70532,70538,70540,70543,7054414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1705361689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61705361066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61705442228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41705361507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270523,7054012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21705365674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O170544425
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)370532,70538,70539945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270528,7053417380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2170521247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2570523,70528,70536,70540,7054239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1705151725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22170512,70514,70515,70516,70518,70521,70523,70525,70526,70528,70531,70532,70535,70536,70537,70538,70539,70540,70542,70543,7054561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2670518,70528,70532,70535,70539,705435614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)370532,70542,705444894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)270534,705452705
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3817052828
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1705236417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17053621482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O170544268
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F270528,70536232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131705235317
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)670528,70532,70537,70538,70539,70543939



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