Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Varsi, Ceno Valley, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 135356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varsi, Ceno Valley, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Pianazza
Rio Spigone
Rocca Predellara Quarry (Tosca Quarry)

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Millerite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Millerite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	68984	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68985	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68984	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	68983,68984,68985	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	68983,68985	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68984	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	68985	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	68985	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	68984,68985	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	68985	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	68983,68984,68985	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	68983,68985	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68985	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	68985	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68985	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	68984	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	68985	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68985	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68985	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	68983,68984,68985	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	68985	433
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	68985	106

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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