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Champorcher, Aosta Valley, Italyi
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ChamporcherCommune
Aosta ValleyAutonomous Region
ItalyCountry

Coat of Arms of Champorcher
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PlacePopulation
Champorcher423 (2012)
Mindat Locality ID:
190082
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:190082:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Campo Laris (1939-1945)
Other Languages:
Franco-Provençal:
Tsampourtsé (Tsampourtséi), Val d’Outa, Étalie
French:
Champorcher, Vallée d'Aoste, Italie
German:
Champorcher, Aostatal (Augsttal), Italien
Italian:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italia
Russian:
Шампорше, Валле-д’Аоста, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
尚波尔谢, 瓦莱达奥斯塔大区, 意大利
Spanish:
Champorcher, Región de Valle de Aosta, Italia
Alemannic:
Champorcher, Aostatal, Italie
Armenian:
Շամպորշե, Վալլե Դ'Աոստա, Իտալիա
Aromanian:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italia
Basque:
Champorcher, Aostako Harana, Italia
Bavarian:
Champorcher, Italien (Walsch; Belischelant; Balschlònt)
Belarusian:
Шампаршэ, Вале-д’Аоста, Італія
Bulgarian:
Шампорше, Вале д'Аоста, Италия
Catalan:
Champorcher, Vall d'Aosta, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Champorcher, Walog sa Aosta, Italya
Dutch:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italië
Esperanto:
Champorcher, Aosta Valo, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
شامپورشر, واله دائوستا, ایتالیا
Greek:
Σαμπορσέ, Κοιλάδα της Αόστα, Ιταλία
Hungarian:
Champorcher, Valle d’Aosta, Olaszország
Interlingua:
Champorcher, Valle de Aosta, Italia
Japanese:
シャンポルシェ, ヴァッレ・ダオスタ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Шампорше, Валле-д’Аоста, Италия
Latin:
Campi Porcarii (Camporcarianum), Vallis Augustana, Italia
Lombard:
Champorcher, Val d'Aosta, Italia
Malay:
Champorcher, Lembah Aosta, Itali
Neapolitan:
Champorcher, Valle 'e Aosta, Italia
Occitan:
Champorcher, Val d'Aosta, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Champorcher, Val d'Osta, Italia
Polish:
Champorcher, Dolina Aosty, Włochy
Portuguese:
Champorcher, Vale de Aosta, Itália
Romanian:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italia
Scots:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Serbian:
Шампоршер, Долина Аосте, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Italija
Sicilian:
Champorcher, Vaddi d'Aosta, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
شامپورشر, واله دائوستا, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Champorcher, Aostadalen, Italien
Tagalog:
Champorcher, Lambak ng Aosta, Italya
Tarantino:
Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta, Itaglie
Traditional Chinese:
卡恩波尔凯尔, 歐斯達山谷大區, 意大利
Ukrainian:
Шампорше, Валле-д'Аоста, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Champorcher, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Champorcher, Thung lũng Aosta, Ý
Volapük:
Champorcher, Litaliyän
Waray:
Champorcher, Siong han Aosta, Italya


Champorcher, the main municipality of the homonymous valley, encompasses the whole upper valley, which includes the upper course of Ayasse brook and various tributaries. The main tributary valleys, located on the right side of Ayasse stream, are Vallone dei Banchi (with the secondary Vallone di Larìs) and Valle della Legna or Vallée de l'Alleigne (with the secondary Vallone di Vercoche).

The geological setting of the upper Champorcher Valley is quite complex, because here the Piedmont metaophiolite nappe is geometrically interposed between the Gran Paradiso Pennidic nappe and the overlying Austroalpine System (which includes the north-western part of Sesia-Lanzo zone, the Glacier-Rafray klippe, the Tour Ponton klippe, and the Santanel unit). The Piedmont metaophiolite nappe, from bottom to top, here consists of two main sub-units:
- the Dondena sub-unit, rich in metasediments (calcschists with metre- up to decametre-thick layers of micaschists including in places garnet and chloritoid) with minor layers and lenses of metabasites and serpentinites;
- the Monte Nero sub-unit, rich in metaophiolites, which is characterised by an oceanic-type lithologic setting and shows widespread eclogite-facies assemblages. It consists of a basal layer of metabasites, a large body of antigoritic serpentinites, and thick sheets of metagabbros and eclogites which crop out at Vercoche lake (Lago Vercoche) and Monte Nero, respectively. At structurally upper levels a metasedimentary sequence including garnet-chloritoid-bearing micaschists, manganiferous metacherts, and garnet-glaucophane-bearing metabasites with clinozoisite ± white mica pseudormorphs after lawsonite is observed.

From a mineralogical point of view, good specimens of crystallised minerals are found in the rodingite bodies associated with serpentinites and in metabasites.

Metabasites consist of low-pressure green schist-facies assemblages including albite, chlorite, actinolite (byssolite), and epidote.

The first report on finds of rodingite minerals (grossular, etc.), similar to those from the upper Ala Valley (Piedmont), in the Giasset area (NE of Dondena) and along the northern face of Punta Champ Chevry (SW of Champorcher) has been published by Mattirolo (1899).

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29 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded


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Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5(T8O22)W2
'Amphibole Supergroup var. Byssolite'
Formula: AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Description: See messageboard http://www.mindat.org/mesg-7-367830.html
Antigorite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
Bornite
Formula: Cu5FeS4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Formula: Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Chrysotile
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Clinochlore
Formula: Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Clinozoisite
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Galena
Formula: PbS
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Glaucophane
Formula: ◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Grossular
Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Jadeite
Formula: Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
'Mica Group'
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Native Gold
Formula: Au
Omphacite
Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(AleFe3+fFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
Prehnite
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rutile
Formula: TiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Titanite
Formula: CaTiO(SiO4)
Vesuvianite
Formula: Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Bornite2.BA.15Cu5FeS4
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 9 - Silicates
Chrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Grossular9.AD.25Ca3Al2(SiO4)3
Chloritoid9.AF.85Fe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Titanite9.AG.15CaTiO(SiO4)
Clinozoisite9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Vesuvianite9.BG.35Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Omphacite9.DA.20(NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(AleFe3+fFe2+gMgh)Si2O6
Aegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
Jadeite9.DA.25Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Glaucophane9.DE.25◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Prehnite9.DP.20Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Clinochlore9.EC.55Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Antigorite9.ED.15Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5(T8O22)W2
'Chlorite Group'-
'Mica Group'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Amphibole Supergroup
var. Byssolite'
-AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
H ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
H ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
H ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
H Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
H VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
H Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5(T8O22)W2
O AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O CalciteCaCO3
O ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
O ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
O Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
O GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
O PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O RutileTiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
O VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FFluorine
F Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
NaSodium
Na AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Na JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Na Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Mg Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Mg VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Al ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Al Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Al GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Al JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Al PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Al VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Al Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si AntigoriteMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Si ClinochloreMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8
Si Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Glaucophane◻Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2
Si GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Si JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Si PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Si VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
PPhosphorus
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
S BorniteCu5FeS4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Clinozoisite(CaCa)(AlAlAl)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca GrossularCa3Al2(SiO4)3
Ca Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Ca PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Ca TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Ca VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti RutileTiO2
Ti TitaniteCaTiO(SiO4)
Ti Amphibole Supergroup var. ByssoliteAX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Fe BorniteCu5FeS4
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe JadeiteNa(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Omphacite(NaaCabFec2+Mgd)(AleFef3+Feg2+Mgh)Si2O6
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe VesuvianiteCa19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9
CuCopper
Cu BorniteCu5FeS4
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
AuGold
Au Native GoldAu
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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