Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Madesimo, Spluga Valley (San Giacomo Valley), Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 58620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madesimo, Spluga Valley (San Giacomo Valley), Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Febbraro Valley
Groppera Alp
Isola
Loga Valley
Pizzi Dei Piani (Piz Di Pian)
Scalcoggia Creek
Schisarolo Valley

Latitude: 46°27'33"N
Longitude: 9°19'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.459166666667,9.3277777777778

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arrojadite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Löllingite	Lazulite	Mica
Monazite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*
Siderite ()*	Arrojadite-(BaFe) ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Titanite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*
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 As B Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arrojadite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Löllingite Lazulite Mica
Monazite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	70076,70078,70079,70080,70083	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	6	70075,70076,70079,70080,70081,70083	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	70076,70079,70080	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	70075	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	70075	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70076	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70076	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	5	70076,70079,70080,70081,70083	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	70076,70079,70080,70083	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70076	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70080	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	70075,70076,70079	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70079	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70080	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70076	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70080	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	70076	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	70076,70079,70080,70081,70083	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70080	5433
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	2	70077,70082	232
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	70075	762
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	70080,70081	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70078,70079	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70080	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70076,70079,70080	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70082	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	70078,70079,70080,70081,70083	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	70076,70077,70080,70081,70083	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70078	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	70079	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	70080	6417
Arrojadite-(BaFe) ()*	Arrojadite	BaFe²⁺(CaNa₂)Fe²⁺₁₃Al(PO₄)₁₁(PO₃OH)(OH)₂	1	70077	7
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	70077	105
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70081	4899
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	70077	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70078	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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