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Locality Name:
Cinghi Ophiolites (Cinghi Di Boccassuolo), Palagano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 189669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cinghi Ophiolites (Cinghi Di Boccassuolo), Palagano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dragone Valley Mines
Poggio Bianco Del Dragone (Cinghi Di Toggiano; Toggiano; Toggiana)

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Na O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDevillineEpidoteFeldspar
GadoliniteGypsumMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6168891919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21688915509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16889211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16889227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O168891925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216889127198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)168892498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21688929895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1688918173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16889124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1688916890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316889114640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61688911066
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1688921271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216889112537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21688921898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216889139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81688919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216889161156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O168891292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16889121482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1688914899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O168891433


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