Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 290

mindat Locality ID: 130831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cerri Bassi Quarry
Iano (Jano)
Montignoso
St. Biagio

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copiapite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hercynite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Brookite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copiapite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	73050,73056	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	354	290	1	73052	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	73056	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	73056	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	73056	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	290	2	73051,73056	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	290	2	73051,73056	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	73056	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	354	290	1	73052	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	354	290	1	73051	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	290	4	73050,73051,73053,73056	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	290	3	73051,73056,73057	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	73056	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	73056	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	290	1	73053	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	354	290	1	73052	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	290	2	73051,73056	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	290	5	73050,73051,73052,73053,73056	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	290	1	73053	6890
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	73055	407
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	73056	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	354	290	2	73053,73056	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	73056	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	290	2	73051,73056	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	290	3	73052,73053,73056	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	73050	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	290	2	73051,73056	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	290	1	73053	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	290	3	73052,73053,73057	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	73056	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	73056	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	290	1	73051	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	73056	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	73056	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	73056	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	73056	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_387	GPS is estimate.

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_387	354	290	Carboniferous	fossil	Age of coal deposit									283351	Iano (Jano), Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy	Jano	Jervis (1862)		BOOK_MRCI_1862	Age of coal deposit

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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