Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Novate Mezzola, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 59263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Novate Mezzola, Valchiavenna, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Codera Valley
Munt Valley Quarries

Latitude: 46°15'18"N
Longitude: 9°31'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.255,9.5258333333333

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Compreignacite	Corundum	Epidote
Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Harmotome	Heulandite	Humite	Ilvaite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Mordenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Schoepite
Serpentine	Sodalite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Triplite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite	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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bismutite Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Compreignacite Corundum Epidote
Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Harmotome Heulandite Humite Ilvaite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite Mordenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Scheelite Schoepite
Serpentine Sodalite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Talc Titanite Tourmaline Triplite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Zircon

104 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Compreignacite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epistilbite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluor-tsilaisite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gladite ()*	Grossular ()*	Harmotome ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Inesite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Talc ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranopolycrase ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yugawaralite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	6	70039,70044,70054,70059,70062,70064	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	11	70039,70042,70043,70044,70050,70054,70057,70059,70061,70063,70064	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8	70039,70042,70043,70049,70050,70059,70061,70062	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	70041,70059	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	70039,70059	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	70039,70042,70045,70059	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	70059,70062	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	70050,70059,70064	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	70042,70043,70054,70057	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	70039,70042,70043,70059	5509
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	5	70039,70041,70042,70043,70059	255
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	70059	92
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	4	70039,70048,70057,70059	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	19	70039,70041,70042,70043,70044,70045,70046,70048,70049,70050,70051,70052,70054,70055,70057,70058,70059,70061,70063	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	5	70048,70049,70057,70059,70060	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	70049,70060	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	8	70039,70041,70048,70049,70054,70057,70059,70060	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	7	70039,70041,70048,70049,70054,70059,70060	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	70042,70043	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	70039,70042,70050,70053,70058,70059,70064	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	4	70046,70050,70058,70060	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	70039,70042,70043,70049,70050,70059,70060,70062	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	70059	577
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	4	70050,70055,70060,70062	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70059	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	4	70039,70042,70050,70059	321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	70042,70043,70050,70059	3531
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	4	70050,70055,70060,70062	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	70055,70060,70062,70064	1025
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	6	70039,70041,70048,70054,70057,70059	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	70039,70059	289
Compreignacite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·7H₂O	2	70042,70043	27
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	3	70044,70047,70050	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	7	70042,70051,70055,70057,70060,70062,70064	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	70050,70058	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	70039,70059	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	70059	520
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	70059	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	18	70039,70041,70042,70043,70044,70048,70049,70050,70051,70053,70054,70055,70057,70058,70059,70062,70063,70064	8173
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	3	70042,70058,70062	138
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	2	70049,70063	345
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	70039	31
Fluor-tsilaisite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMn²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	70039	2
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70064	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3	70047,70050,70062	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	70039	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	70039,70050,70055,70059	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	3	70041,70054,70059	67
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	7	70042,70050,70055,70057,70060,70062,70064	1544
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	70047,70050	290
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	4	70039,70048,70057,70059	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	70039,70059,70061,70064	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	5	70042,70054,70058,70059,70062	246
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	70062	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	70040,70050,70056,70064	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	2	70039,70059	197
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	70059	50
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1	70059	73
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	10	70041,70042,70043,70046,70050,70053,70054,70058,70062,70064	1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70062	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	10	70039,70042,70043,70046,70050,70055,70057,70059,70062,70063	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	70039,70042,70043,70059	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	70049	158
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	9	70039,70042,70043,70048,70051,70057,70059,70061,70063	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	70059	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	70039,70049,70060,70063	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	6	70039,70041,70042,70043,70054,70059	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	21	70039,70041,70042,70043,70044,70045,70046,70047,70048,70049,70050,70051,70053,70054,70055,70057,70058,70059,70061,70063,70064	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	70064	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	13	70041,70042,70043,70044,70046,70051,70054,70055,70057,70059,70061,70063,70064	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	11	70047,70048,70050,70051,70057,70058,70059,70060,70062,70063,70064	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	5	70042,70043,70048,70059,70063	121
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	70039,70050,70053,70058,70059,70064	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	70039,70040,70044,70048,70051,70052,70054,70055,70057,70058,70059,70060,70063,70064	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	70047,70050	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	70040,70056	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	70039,70042,70043,70044,70049,70050,70053,70054,70058,70059,70062,70063,70064	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70059	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	70039,70042,70043,70056,70061,70062	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	1	70047	129
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	70064	4894
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	1	70059	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	11	70041,70042,70043,70044,70048,70050,70051,70054,70057,70058,70059	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	6	70041,70049,70050,70054,70058,70062	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	70039,70042,70043,70059	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	7	70039,70042,70043,70044,70050,70059,70063	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	22	70039,70041,70042,70043,70044,70045,70046,70048,70049,70050,70051,70052,70053,70054,70055,70057,70058,70059,70060,70061,70063,70064	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	5	70039,70042,70059,70062,70064	1934
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	3	70044,70054,70057	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	11	70041,70042,70043,70046,70048,70050,70051,70054,70057,70058,70059	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70039,70064	3337
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	2	70042,70043	183
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	70039	236
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	12	70039,70040,70041,70042,70043,70050,70053,70054,70058,70059,70062,70064	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	70059,70062	2562
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	70039	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	7	70039,70042,70043,70048,70054,70059,70063	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	70048	890
Uranopolycrase ()*	Columbite	UTi₂O₆	1	70063	13
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	4	70042,70043,70055,70062	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	4	70055,70060,70062,70064	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	3	70039,70043,70059	939
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	2	70050,70058	33
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	7	70039,70041,70042,70043,70054,70059,70064	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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