Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 69692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tesso Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Monastero Di Lanzo

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Lawsonite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-glaucophane ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Lawsonite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine Stilpnomelane Titanite

42 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	70839	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	70839,70841	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70839	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	70841	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70841	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	70841	83
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70841	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	70841	57
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70839	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70839	8173
Ferro-glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70839	26
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70839	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70841	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70841	14640
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	0		154
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	70841	234
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	0		1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	70839	121
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70841	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	70841	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	70841	186
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	70839	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70839	247
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	70841	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	70841	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70841	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70841	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	70841	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70839	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70841	1214
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70839	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	70841	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70839	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	70839	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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