Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Varenna Valley, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55482
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55482.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varenna Valley, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carpenara
Carpenara Slag Locality
Case Scotti
San Pietro
Varenna Stream

Latitude: 44°27'39"N
Longitude: 8°49'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.460833333333,8.8197222222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Anthonyite	Apatite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite
Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcophyllite	Claringbullite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline
Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Lepidocrocite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine
Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Woodwardite	Wurtzite

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O Pb Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Anthonyite Apatite Aragonite Ardennite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Brucite
Calcite Chabazite Chalcophyllite Claringbullite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Devilline
Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Ktenasite Lepidocrocite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine
Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Vivianite Woodwardite Wurtzite

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*
Ashoverite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brucite ()*
Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Calumetite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diaboleite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*
Jadeite ()*	Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Nantokite ()*
Nealite ()*	Opal ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Penfieldite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pseudoboleite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Siderite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Willemite ()*
Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	69415	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	69412	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	69412,69415	3250
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆			1	69413	34
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆			1	69413	11
Ashoverite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂			1	69412	6
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	69412	544
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	69412	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	69412	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			0		462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			0		32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	69412,69415	27770
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	69412	9
Calumetite ()*	Anthonyite	CaCu₄(OH)₈Cl₂·3.5H₂O			1	69412	11
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	69412	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			1	69415	310
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	69412	194
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			0		951
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆			1	69412	13
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	69413	57
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	69415	1025
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	69412	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	69412	3846
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			1	69412	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	69412	2970
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			1	69412	57
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			0		4135
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	69412	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	69412	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	69412	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			0		52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			0		14640
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O			1	69412	30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	69412	201
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)			1	69412	12
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			1	69414	154
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	69412	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	69412	49
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	69412	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	69412	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	69412	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	69415	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	69412	12537
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			1	69412	55
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl			1	69412	35
Nealite ()*	None	Pb₄Fe(AsO₃)₂Cl₄·2H₂O	0	0	1	69412	10
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			0		2994
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	69412	46
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	69412	158
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			1	69412	22
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	69415	495
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	69412	142
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	69413	260
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	69412	51
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	69412	309
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	69412	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	69415	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	69413	3106
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	69412	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	69412	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	69412	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			1	69412	105
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	69413	1214
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	69412	1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	69412	183
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	69413	433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			0		605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	69415	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	69412	636
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	69412	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	69412	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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