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Locality Name:
Case Parigi (Case Paris), Martiniana Po, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.4

mindat Locality ID: 53917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Case Parigi (Case Paris), Martiniana Po, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Case Ramello

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B C Ca H K Li Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Li Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBrackebuschiteClayDumortieriteEllenbergeriteGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupRutile
StauroliteTalc

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bearthite  (*)Coesite  (*)Ellenbergerite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesiodumortierite  (*)
Magnesiostaurolite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nybøite  (*)Phosphoellenbergerite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bearthite  (*)BrackebuschiteCa2Al(PO4)2(OH)36.434.409
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO236.434.4077
Ellenbergerite  (*)EllenbergeriteMg6(Mg,Ti,Zr,   )2(Al,Mg)6Si8O28(OH)1036.434.403
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO436.434.401507
Magnesiodumortierite  (*)DumortieriteMgAl6BSi3O17(OH)36.434.41704946
Magnesiostaurolite  (*)StauroliteMg(Mg,Li)3(Al,Mg)18Si8O44(OH)436.434.407
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)236.434.4017380
Nybøite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)236.434.408
Phosphoellenbergerite  (*)Ellenbergerite(Mg,   )2Mg12(PO4,PO3OH)6(PO3OH,CO3)2(OH)636.434.406
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)336.434.40341
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO236.434.405614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)236.434.403337


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-016336.434.435.4 ± 1.0U-PbAge of metamorphismzircon17540 YesZirconMagnesiostaurolite 195949Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, ItalyDora Maira MassifGebauer et al. (1997)10.1016/S0024-4937(97)82002-6L41_5 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070395Case Parigi (Case Paris), Martiniana Po, Po Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070395

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