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Locality Name:
Venice, Metropolitan City Of Venice, Veneto, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 155669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venice, Metropolitan City Of Venice, Veneto, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fusina Slag Locality
Tessera Meteorite
Torcello Island

Latitude: 45°30'11"N
Longitude: 12°21'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.503055555556,12.362777777778

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: C Ca Cl Cu H Mg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAtacamiteBrochantiteConnelliteCopperGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
OxalatePyroxene

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Weddellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1733093250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3173309544
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61733091633
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O173309295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1733093846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1733092970
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6173310944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1733101188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1733096890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217330912537
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2173309142
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O17331132



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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