Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 299462
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299462.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torano Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Battaglino Quarries (Battaglino A Quarry)
Betogli Quarries
Bicchieri Quarry (Lorano Basso Quarry)
Collestretto Quarry (Colle Stretto Quarry)
Crestola Bassa Quarry
Crestola Quarries (Crestola C Quarry)
Fossa Degli Angeli Quarry
Grotta Colombara Quarry
La Facciata Quarry
La Piastra Quarry
Lorano Quarries (Lorano I Quarry; Lorano II Quarry; Lorano Quarry)
Murlungo Quarries (Campocecina Quarries; Campo Cecina Quarries)
Poggio Dovizia Quarry (Poggio Domizio Quarry)
Poggio Silvestre Quarry (Poggio Silvestre A Quarry; Poggio Silvestro Quarry)
Polvaccio Quarry
Pradetto Quarry (Campaccio Quarry)
Ravaccione Quarries (Ravaccione Quarry; Torrione Quarry; Tecchione Quarry)
Ruggetta Quarries
Val Pulita Quarry
Zampone Quarry

Latitude: 44°6'1"N
Longitude: 10°7'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.100277777778,10.121111111111

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Germanite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Meneghinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Volborthite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Germanite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Malachite
Meneghinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Volborthite Wurtzite Zinkenite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Claraite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Colusite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*
Jordanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Moëloite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pararealgar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Sellaite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sulvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Vaesite ()*
Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zaccagnaite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	72995	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	11	72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72991,72992,72994	8803
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	72983	46
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	72981,72993	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	72978,72985,72995	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	72983,72989	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	72985	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	72981	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72993,72994,72995	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	1	72995	41
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	72983,72985,72987,72995	1252
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	72985	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	72981,72982	27198
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	1	72983	40
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	72981	1756
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	5	72983,72985,72987,72992,72995	110
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	72995	344
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	72983,72985	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	12	72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72989,72993,72994,72995	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	72977,72980,72985,72987,72995	910
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	72981	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	11	72977,72978,72980,72981,72983,72985,72986,72987,72991,72993,72995	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	72985,72987,72993,72995	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	2	72985,72987	133
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	72983	504
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	72995	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	12	72977,72978,72979,72981,72983,72985,72986,72987,72989,72990,72991,72995	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	72985	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	72990,72991,72996	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	72985	62
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	2	72983,72987	105
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	72981,72982,72990,72994,72996	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	72981,72995	12537
Moëloite ()*	None	Pb₆Sb₆S₁₄(S)₃	1	72987	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	72981,72983,72987	17380
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	2	72979,72993	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	72978,72980,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72988,72990,72991,72994,72995,72996	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	72977,72978,72979,72980,72981,72982,72983,72984,72985,72986,72987,72988,72991,72992,72993,72994,72995	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	72979,72993	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	72981,72982,72985,72994,72995	5614
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	1	72986	46
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	72981	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	72979,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72992,72993,72995	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	5	72977,72981,72983,72985,72987	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	10	72978,72979,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72990,72991,72993	2045
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	3	72985,72987,72995	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	72995	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	4	72981,72983,72985,72995	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	72985	245
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	72985	106
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	72995	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	72995	155
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	4	72983,72985,72987,72995	372
Zaccagnaite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Zn₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	72983	6
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	72995	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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