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Locality Name:
Montecatini Val Di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 130838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montecatini Val Di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Caprillone
La Sassa
Lamproite Outcrops
Miemo
Montecatini Mine (Caporciano Mine)
Podere La Veduta (Buriano)
Ponte Ginori

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

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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpsomiteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTalcThomsoniteTitaniteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1730981627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31730981534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1730983250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6173098919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21730985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)273094,7309511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4273097,730985516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61730981633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)373094,73098,7309927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)273095,730991252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1730985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2273097,7309827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1730983531
Copper  (*)CopperCu273097,730983846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1730984165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1730982970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)173098498
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1730981027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6273096,730984135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16173098300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2373095,73097,730999895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O173097484
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1730961188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS273095,7309824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17309530554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1731001398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317309814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31730965433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O173098593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1730981271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2173098987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1730971487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4373095,73096,7309814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217309812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2273095,730985674
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1730981236
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)217309646
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21730962273
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O173098309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21730981898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273098,7309939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2473095,73096,73097,7309861156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)173096598
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1730951153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS273095,7309821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21730983337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1730981101
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O173098452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1730961006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1730984899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1730965251



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