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Locality Name:
Sassello, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55028.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sassello, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bric Berton
Bric Gippone
Bric Rama Mine
Case Bonuzzo
Piampaludo
Ponte Erro
Rocche Turchine
Veirera

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aeschynite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anilite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caysichite-(Y) ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Er F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Yb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel
Talc Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	69684,69685	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	69691	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	69689,69690,69691	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	69689,69691	2162
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	69682	88
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	69680,69691	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	69682	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69691	27770
Caysichite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca,Yb,Er)₄Y₄(Si₈O₂₀)(CO₃)₆(OH)·7H₂O	2	69689,69691	8
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	69681	376
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	69690	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	69690,69691	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	69689,69691	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	69682,69684,69685,69691	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	69682	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69690	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	69685	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	69689	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	69687,69688	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	69684,69685,69689,69691	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	69686	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69685	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	69689,69691	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	69690	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	69684,69689	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	69691	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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