Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sassi Rossi Mine, Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 54939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sassi Rossi Mine, Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°59'9"N
Longitude: 9°23'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.985833333333,9.385

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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: As Ba C Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	49
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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