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Locality Name:
Chisone Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 62497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chisone Valley, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Fenestrelle
Perosa Argentina
Pomaretto
Pragelato
Roure
San Germano Chisone
Sestriere
Usseaux
Villar Perosa

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteArdenniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHarmotomeMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSerpentineSphalerite
SpinelStilpnomelaneTitaniteVesuvianite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Deerite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Népouite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Paragonite  (*)
Parsettensite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sursassite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61707471022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)270742,707598803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3270749,707511534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)470740,70744,70746,707473250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1707409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21707405509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)370742,70745,7075127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270744,7074727198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170751951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8270749,707511756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1707421025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1707474165
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)517074727
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6270738,707514135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270742,707518173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2370740,70742,707509617
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2170746286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1707407437
Graphite  (*)NoneC370752,70753,707622812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3370738,70749,707511544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O170747290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270746,7075914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3270749,707515433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1707421271
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2270746,7074793
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4370738,70749,7075114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270740,7074412537
Népouite  (*)Serpentine ClayNi3Si2O5(OH)417075166
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)170747492
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2170738247
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O17074643
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3270749,70751495
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)270747,70760260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21707421898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2370742,70745,7074739462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3170760244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2370740,70742,7074961156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2170747375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21707405614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1707406417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270742,7074521482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O370746,70747,70757456
Sursassite  (*)ArdenniteMn2+2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)317076024
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O470742,70749,70751,707594899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10270749,707511395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1707421025



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