Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Casarza Ligure, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casarza Ligure, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bargone
Costa Camezzana
Gallinaria Mine
Monte Zenone Mine
Pian Delle Cannelle
Rio Gavottino

Latitude: 44°18'56"N
Longitude: 9°30'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.315555555556,9.5155555555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Descloizite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mn O Pb V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Descloizite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

29 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	69350,69352	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	69350,69352	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	69357	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69359	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	69359	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	69356	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	69354,69357	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	69350,69351,69352,69356,69357,69359	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	69351,69354,69356,69358	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	69347	1756
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	69359	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	69347	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	69350,69352	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	69359	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	69347,69350	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	2	69350,69352	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	69359	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	69347,69350	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	69354,69356	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	69354,69357	770
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	69350,69352	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	69350,69352	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	69353,69357	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	0		21
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	69350,69351,69352,69353,69356,69357	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	69351,69354	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	69350,69352	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	69347,69355,69359	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	69359	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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