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Locality Name:
Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 130832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Accesa Mine
Bottricoli Slag Locality
Bruscoline (Serrabottini North)
Fenice Capanne Mine
Fontalcinaldo
Il Troscione
Lago Dell'Accesa Slag Locality
Montoccoli-Castellaccia Area (Fosso Zanca-Filone Di Montoccoli Area; Zanca Valley Mines)
Niccioleta Mine
Prata
Serrabottini
Stregaio Valley And Monte Gai Mines
Valpiana - Castello Della Marsiliana Area Slag Locality

Latitude: 43°1'42"N
Longitude: 10°54'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.028333333333,10.916111111111
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAphthitaliteAragonite
ArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBerthieriteBotryogenBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCheniteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopiapite
CopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasite
EnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteIlvaiteKaolinite
KtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMiniumNickelineNolaniteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPharmacosideritePhenakitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedrite
TitaniteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

148 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Barstowite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nantokite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Osarizawaite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiberiobardiite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S272604,726222793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21726193419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)272620,72621254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O172617470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31726202353
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O17262046
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6172602966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1726191627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21726192162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3372605,72617,726201534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)572611,72614,72620,72621,726222734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)372602,72617,726211588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2272617,726213092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4372619,72620,72621246
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)217260277
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)572605,72614,72620,72621,726223250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs172617379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS772602,72606,72611,72613,72615,72617,726219052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3172622544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6472611,72614,72620,72621919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2672611,72614,72617,72620,72621,726225509
Barstowite  (*)NonePb4(CO3)Cl6·H2O17260411
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1072602,72605,72610,72612,72613,72615,72617,72619,72620,7262111547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4272613,72617343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6172622413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7172611450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3572602,72605,72615,72616,726171935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4572610,72617,72619,72620,726215516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O17261745
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11272606,72617843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3272610,726151089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6472619,72620,72621,726221633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1172602,72605,72607,72610,72613,72614,72615,72617,72619,72620,7262127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6272620,72622359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O17262088
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1726171252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)572611,72614,72617,72620,726214979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O272605,72621925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O272619,7262091
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S472602,72619,72620,726215707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O272614,72620197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O172622194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21372602,72604,72605,72610,72611,72613,72614,72615,72616,72617,72619,72620,7262127198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)617262240
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O372605,72619,726203531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS272610,726132600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O272619,72622295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O172617382
Copper  (*)CopperCu472605,72619,72620,726223846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O172617136
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5172605344
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl217261754
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS572602,72614,72619,72620,726214165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O472619,72620,72621,726222970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2172621179
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)172605378
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4172602651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1726021027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61726144135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2672607,72614,72615,72617,72620,726219895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O17262097
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O17262285
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4372602,72615,72617910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)772602,72605,72610,72614,72617,72619,726208173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O172617484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O172617814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)172622371
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O17260566
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)217262286
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O272605,72617107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2672602,72605,72607,72612,72617,726219617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1472602,72604,72605,72606,72607,72610,72611,72613,72614,72615,72616,72617,72620,7262124243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2172602137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)672615,72617,72619,72620,72621,726227437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O272602,72617188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS172617717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O872602,72605,72611,72617,72619,72620,72621,726226890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O172617409
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6472605,72614,72617,72621741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3772602,72605,72607,72617,72619,72620,7262114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O272611,726211689
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O17262062
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6572611,72614,72620,72621,726221066
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)272602,72617197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14572605,72606,72613,72615,72617784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6572602,72614,72620,72621,726222228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41726025591
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)17262233
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O272619,72622593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)172619234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2472611,72614,72620,72621987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO172622139
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4472602,72615,72616,7261714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21072605,72608,72611,72614,72616,72617,72619,72620,72621,7262212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2472602,72613,72617,726215674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O472602,72605,72617,72622915
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3272612,7261387
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl372604,72620,726211107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4172621247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217260217380
Nantokite  (*)SphaleriteCuCl17262235
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O172602471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)172620492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3172617511
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6272620,7262164
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O172617428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O172617265
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6172622477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O172619309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21726191898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3172620733
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4817260433
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31726201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21672602,72604,72605,72606,72607,72610,72611,72612,72613,72614,72615,72616,72617,72619,72620,7262139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2272613,726153106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1726211725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8472602,72605,72616,726179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21572602,72605,72606,72607,72610,72611,72612,72613,72614,72615,72616,72617,72619,72620,7262161156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O372613,72615,72617177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS272610,72617712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1726151711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2572611,72613,72614,72620,72621454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O172620142
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21172617165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3172612179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O172622292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)372602,72617,726226417
Silver  (*)CopperAg272620,726225186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)672602,72604,72611,72614,72620,726212473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O272619,72622105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1172602,72604,72605,72606,72607,72611,72613,72614,72615,72617,7262121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41726221934
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)372610,72612,72613446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3572606,72610,72612,72613,726173418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS572612,72614,72617,72620,726212045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21726203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131726201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13972604,72606,72607,72610,72611,72615,72617,72620,726215317
Tiberiobardiite  (*)Chalcophyllite{Cu9Al[SiO3(OH)]2(OH)12(H2O)6}(SO4)1.5·10H2O1726191
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1726144899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O172619433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21726172562
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417261266
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3272612,72613369
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4172621303
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)17262057
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS172602372


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