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Locality Name:
IMI Fabi Mine (Fabi Mine; Fabi Quarry), Mt. Motta, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 57010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "IMI Fabi Mine (Fabi Mine; Fabi Quarry), Mt. Motta, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°16'49"N
Longitude: 9°54'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.280277777778,9.9025
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: Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrookiteBruciteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumCrichtoniteMckelveyiteMilleriteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTalchauchecornite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dessauite-(Y)  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lindsleyite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)Millerite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Redledgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siegenite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Dessauite-(Y)  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Y,U,Mn)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)3809
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Lindsleyite  (*)Crichtonite(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O38012
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S40249
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mckelveyite-(Y)  (*)MckelveyiteNaBa3CaY(CO3)6·3H2O09
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Redledgeite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6Cr3+2)O1604
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S40249
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tellurohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9BiTeS802


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