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Locality Name:
Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 109168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Canale Del Battiferro
Canale Delle Rendine (Capraie Zone)
Cava Del Ferro (Bùgie Mines; Trimpello)
Fornaccia
Monticello - Le Pose Mines

Latitude: 44°2'0"N
Longitude: 10°21'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.033333333333,10.357222222222

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAubertiteBaryteBismutiteBournoniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparGypsum
HalotrichiteMalachiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
VivianiteVoltaite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Jaskólskiite  (*)Krausite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Volaschioite  (*)Voltaite  (*)Wilcoxite  (*)
Ximengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)272932,729338803
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O17293292
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O172932272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21729322162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)372932,72933,729343250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1729329052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O172932150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)272930,7293211547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)217293296
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7172932450
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)172932716
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O17293216
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11172932843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31729321089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)272932,7293427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1729324979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217293227198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O172932382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O172932136
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2272932,729339895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272931,729328173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O172932484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O172932814
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O172932107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17293224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)272932,729337437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O372932,72933,729346890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O172932409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317293214640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61729321066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14172932784
Jaskólskiite  (*)MeneghiniteCuxPb2+x(Sb,Bi)2-xS5 (x ≈ 0.15)17293215
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O17293221
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O17293254
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4372932,72933,7293414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217293212537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O172932915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24172932158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1729321107
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1729332994
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O172932265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2572930,72931,72932,72933,7293439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81729329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372932,72933,7293461156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O17293253
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O172932115
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21729325614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)272932,729346417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS272932,7293321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31729323418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1729322045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131729325317
Volaschioite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe4(SO4)O2(OH)6·2H2O01
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O172932111
Wilcoxite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2F·17H2O17293211
Ximengite  (*)RhabdophaneBi(PO4)1729327



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130078Fornovolasco, Vergemoli, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130078


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