Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Voltri, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Voltri, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gava Valley
Valle Della Gava
Vara Valley

Latitude: 44°26'51"N
Longitude: 8°41'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.4475,8.6908333333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite
Ilvaite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Barroisite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite
Ilvaite None Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	69421	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	69418	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	69421	2353
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69418	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	69418,69419	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	69418,69419	236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	69418,69419	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	69418,69421	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	69421	286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	69418	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	69418	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	69418	197
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	69421	154
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	69418,69419	14899
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	69421	229
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	69418,69419	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	69421	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	69418,69419	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	69418,69419	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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