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Locality Name:
Lower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 193510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Scerscen Glacier, Scerscen Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°16'9"N
Longitude: 9°54'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.269166666667,9.9019444444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrosmalite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tourmaline
Wagnerite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Friedelite ()*	Galena ()*	Goyazite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Richterite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Sarkinite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Tephroite ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrosmalite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tourmaline
Wagnerite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Friedelite ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	73
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	93
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	24
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	148
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	30
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	240
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	15
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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