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

mindat Locality ID: 13683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carpenara Slag Locality, Varenna Valley, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°27'50"N
Longitude: 8°49'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.463888888889,8.8247222222222

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.

Anthonyite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Claringbullite	Connellite
Copper	Devilline	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite	Woodwardite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ashoverite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Botallackite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Calumetite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cumengeite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*
Nantokite ()*	Nealite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Penfieldite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Willemite ()*	Zincite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Anthonyite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcophyllite Claringbullite Connellite
Copper Devilline Diaspore Ettringite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite Woodwardite Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Ashoverite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂			6
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			544
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O			9
Calumetite ()*	Anthonyite	CaCu₄(OH)₈Cl₂·3.5H₂O			11
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			194
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆			13
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3846
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			57
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O			30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			201
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)			12
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			49
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12537
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			55
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl			35
Nealite ()*	None	Pb₄Fe(AsO₃)₂Cl₄·2H₂O	0	0	10
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			46
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			158
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			22
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			142
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			51
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			309
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			33
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			105
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			183
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			636
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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