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Locality Name:
Monte Alpe Mine, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 240494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Alpe Mine, Maissana, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°18'24"N
Longitude: 9°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.306666666667,9.5330555555556

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.

Allophane	Ardennite	Axinite	Brackebuschite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Medaite	None	Not in a structural group	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rhodonite	Saneroite	Serpentine	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Alpeite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bannisterite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gamagarite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Medaite ()*	Nabiasite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Saneroite ()*	Sarkinite ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti V Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Ardennite Axinite Brackebuschite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Gypsum Malachite Medaite None Not in a structural group Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz
Rhodonite Saneroite Serpentine Stilpnomelane Titanite Wagnerite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alpeite ()*	Ardennite	Ca₄Mn³⁺₂Al₂(Mn³⁺Mg)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(VO₄)(OH)₆	2
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	34
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	88
Bannisterite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(Ca,K,Na)(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·nH₂O	20
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	83
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	46
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Gamagarite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	10
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	45
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Medaite ()*	Medaite	Mn²⁺₆V⁵⁺Si₅O₁₈(OH)	6
Nabiasite ()*	None	BaMn₉(VO₄)₆(OH)₂	5
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	186
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	15
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Saneroite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](VO₃)(OH)	6
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	30
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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