Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Petit Mont Blanc, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 66789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Petit Mont Blanc, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, 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.

Apatite	Beryl	Brookite	Chabazite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Heulandite
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*
Chabazite-Na ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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 Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Brookite Chabazite Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Heulandite
Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	66
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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