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Locality Name:
Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 2067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Pompeo Well No. 2

Latitude: 43°13'59"N
Longitude: 10°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.233055555556,10.866666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Co Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Co H K Mg N Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAmphiboleAnalcimeArsenopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumEpidoteEpsomiteGadolinite
GarnetLarderelliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPrehniteQuartzSantiteSulphur
TitaniteWollastonite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Ammonioborite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Biringuccite  (*)Borax  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Corundum  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kernite  (*)
Larderellite  (*)Nasinite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Santite  (*)Sassolite  (*)Sborgite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Thénardite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Wairakite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2331731223419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3331731222353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6330966
Ammonioborite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)3B15O20(OH)8·4H2O0001
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS331731229052
Biringuccite  (*)NoneNa2B5O8(OH)·H2O0001
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O33076
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS330966
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3331731221797
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)33173122498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)331731228173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O330484
Graphite  (*)NoneC331731222812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3331731225433
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O33010
Larderellite  (*)Larderellite(NH4)B5O7(OH)2·H2O3302
Nasinite  (*)NoneNa2B5O8(OH)·2H2O0001
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3330511
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23301898
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8331731229056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO233061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS330712
Santite  (*)SantiteKB5O6(OH)4·2H2O3303
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)333031
Sborgite  (*)NoneNaB5O6(OH)4·3H2O3306
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3302045
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)330299
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O33029
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O331731224899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2331731222562
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O33081
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O330160
Wairakite  (*)AnalcimeCa(Si4Al2)O12·2H2O33073
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33301247



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0017333K/Ar, Rb/Srage of hydrothermal activitybiotite     2067Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, ItalyLarderello fieldBelkin et al. (1985)10.1016/0375-6505(85)90094-XG15_59age of hydrothermal activity


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130392Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130392


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