Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Triolet Glacier, Ferret Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 56019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Triolet Glacier, Ferret Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°53'34"N
Longitude: 7°1'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.892777777778,7.0327777777778

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	Allanite	Apatite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sulphur	Titanite	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Crichtonite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	Thorianite ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Te Th Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Ln Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Nd O P Pb S Si Sr Te Th Ti U V Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Apatite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sulphur Titanite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	99
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	232
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	None	CaNd(CO₃)₂F	7
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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