Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alpe Pirlo, Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 60201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpe Pirlo, Chiesa In Valmalenco, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Ln Mg Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Garnet Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel Titanite

16 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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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