Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Saulera (Saulera Alp), Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 123116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saulera (Saulera Alp), Mussa Alp (Pian Della Mussa; Piano Della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Ala Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Spinel	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 O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet None Pyrite
Pyroxene Spinel Titanite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Grossular ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
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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