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Locality Name:
Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 190082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Col De Croix-Cima Piana Area
Delà Mt.
Petit Rosier
Valle Della Legna (Vallée De L'Alleigne)

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMicaNonePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSpinelTitaniteVesuvianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61683301022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1683308803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216832727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)20376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81683251756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61683254135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)268325,683308173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16832724243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2168330286
Gold  (*)CopperAu16832730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31683251544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31683305433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6168330154
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4268325,6833114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6168330229
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21683261898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216832739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2368327,68330,6833161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21683305614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1683316417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268325,683304899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101683251395


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