Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 60195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Colle Del Paschiet (Colle Paschietto)
Filone Della Sarda
Fort Mt. (Monte Fort)
Garavela Alp
Laghi Verdi
Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa)
Rocca Tiera (La Tiera)

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Braunite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Löllingite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	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 As C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Braunite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Löllingite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Skutterudite Spinel Thomsonite Titanite Vesuvianite Vivianite
Zircon

50 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	1	70792	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	70798	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	70796,70798,70800,70801,70802,70803	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70798	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	70792,70804,70806	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	70798,70799	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70793	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	70798,70799,70805	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70799	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	70800	5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2	70798,70799	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	70798,70799	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70798	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70798	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	70794,70795,70796,70798,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	70798,70800,70805,70806	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70795	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	8	70792,70795,70796,70797,70804,70805,70806,70807	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	70804	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	70792,70798,70802	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	70793	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	11	70792,70794,70795,70796,70797,70802,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70798	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	70792,70795,70796,70801,70802,70803,70804,70805,70806,70807	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	70793	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70806	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	7	70792,70796,70797,70798,70804,70805,70806	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70800,70801	14640
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	70798,70799	103
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	70794	341
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	2	70798,70799	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	70792,70794,70795,70796,70798,70803,70804,70805,70806	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	70796,70800	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70800	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70803	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	70795	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	70793	633
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	5	70792,70794,70795,70804,70806	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	70798,70800,70803,70804	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	70799,70800,70805,70806	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70798	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	70793	233
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70798	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	70799	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	70793	531
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70798	1214
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	70792	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	70792,70796,70802,70803,70805	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	7	70792,70794,70795,70796,70797,70804,70806	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	70798	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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