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Locality Name:
Gioia Quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.58

mindat Locality ID: 8242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gioia Quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°4'34"N
Longitude: 10°9'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.076111111111,10.155833333333

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Covellite	Digenite
Enargite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Volborthite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carraraite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Connellite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jordanite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mixite ()*
Moëloite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Covellite Digenite
Enargite Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Germanite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica
Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Volborthite Wurtzite Zinkenite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	65	2.58	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	65	2.58	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	65	2.58	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	65	2.58	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	65	2.58	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	65	2.58	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	65	2.58	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	65	2.58	27770
Carraraite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Ge(SO₄)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	65	2.58	2
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	65	2.58	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	65	2.58	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	65	2.58	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	65	2.58	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	65	2.58	110
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	65	2.58	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	65	2.58	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	65	2.58	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	65	2.58	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	65	2.58	910
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	65	2.58	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	65	2.58	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	65	2.58	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	65	2.58	133
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	65	2.58	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	65	2.58	6890
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	65	2.58	105
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	65	2.58	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	2.58	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	65	2.58	5674
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	65	2.58	168
Moëloite ()*	None	Pb₆Sb₆S₁₄(S)₃	65	2.58	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	65	2.58	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	65	2.58	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	65	2.58	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	65	2.58	712
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	65	2.58	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	65	2.58	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	65	2.58	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	65	2.58	165
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	65	2.58	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	65	2.58	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	65	2.58	2045
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	65	2.58	48
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	65	2.58	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	65	2.58	58
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	65	2.58	2718
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	65	2.58	155
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	65	2.58	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	65	2.58	228

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0046	Gioia quarry is within Colonnata (247809). It is part of the Carrara marble quarries that outcrop in the Alpuan Alps

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0046	65	2.58	65-2.58		Age of metamorphism									8242	Gioia Quarries, Casette, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy	Gioia quarry	Merlino and Orlandi (2001)	10.2138/am-2001-1017	AM86_1293	Tertiary metamorphism in Carrara marble from the Apuan Alps.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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