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Locality Name:
Borgo Val Di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 206243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borgo Val Di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Groppo Di Gorro
Monte Chiaro
Roccamurata

Latitude: 44°31'26"N
Longitude: 9°52'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.523888888889,9.8694444444444
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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ni O S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArtiniteCalciteClayCorrensiteGarnetHydrotalciteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyroxeneSerpentineSpinelVesuvianite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aliettite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)
Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aliettite  (*)Corrensite ClayCa0.2Mg6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·4H2O1689697
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31689681534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)368968,68970,689713250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O368968,68969,6897175
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O16897132
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16896827770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6268968,689704135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21689689895
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O168971341
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4168968359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416896814899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101689681395


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