Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cretaio, Prata, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 292428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cretaio, Prata, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°3'10"N
Longitude: 10°58'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.052777777778,10.977777777778

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spangolite

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Antlerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spangolite ()*	Tiberiobardiite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite
Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Spangolite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	246
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	105
Tiberiobardiite ()*	Chalcophyllite	{Cu₉Al[SiO₃(OH)]₂(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₆}(SO₄)_1.5·10H₂O	1
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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