Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monte Argentario, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 12330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Argentario, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Argentarola Island
Cala Cacciarella
Cala Grande
Cala Grande-Cala Del Gesso Area
Cala Moresca
Case Dell'Olmo
Forte Stella
Isola Rossa
Poggio Mortaio (Poggio Mortaio Mine; Monte Argentario Mine; Poggio Delle Polveriere; Terra Rossa; Il Passo)
Porto Santo Stefano
Punta Di Torre Ciana Area

Latitude: 42°25'1"N
Longitude: 11°4'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.416944444444,11.081666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lawsonite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cookeite ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lawsonite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sudoite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Li Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Carpholite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite
Lawsonite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	72626,72628	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	72626,72628	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5	72624,72625,72631,72632,72633	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	72631	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	72632	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	72632	413
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	72631	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	72624,72626,72628,72632	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	72632	925
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	72632	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	72631	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	72630	376
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	72629	2600
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	0		181
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	72632	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	72632	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	72626,72628	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	72628	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	72626,72628	8173
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	2	72630,72634	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	72632	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	72626,72628	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	72632	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	72627	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	72626,72628,72631,72632	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	72632	73
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	72628	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	72630	5591
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	72626,72628	121
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	72632	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		359
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	72626,72628	93
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	2	72630,72634	23
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	72632	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72631	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	72626,72628,72630	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	72632	254
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	72626,72628	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	72630	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	72631,72632	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	72632	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	72630	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	72626,72628,72630,72632,72634	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	72632	177
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	72626,72628	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	72632	21482
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	72630	51
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	72626,72628	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	72626,72628	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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