Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Befa, Murlo, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 146145
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146145.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Befa, Murlo, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Crevolone Torrent Gabbro Outcrop
I Poggi

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Serpentine	Talc

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 C Ca H Mg Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Clay Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Serpentine Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*
Laumontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	73202	8803
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	73203	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73202	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	73202	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	73202	4135
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	73202	1271
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73202	1898
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	73203	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73203	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73202	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	73202	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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