Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pescina-Boccanaglia Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 299461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pescina-Boccanaglia Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Boccanaglia A Quarry
Calacata Quarry
Pescina Quarry (Pescina A Quarry)
Piastriccioni C Quarry
Pratazzolo Quarry (Pratazzolo B Quarry; Pulcinacchia)

Latitude: 44°6'28"N
Longitude: 10°6'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.107777777778,10.105

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	72969,72970,72971,72973	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	72972,72973	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	72973	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	72969,72970,72971,72972,72973	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	72973	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	72969,72970,72971	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	72973	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	72970,72973	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	72972	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	72970,72971,72973	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72973	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	72969,72970,72971,72972,72973	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	72969,72970,72971,72972,72973	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	72973	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	72969,72970,72971,72973	5614
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	72973	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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