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:
Orciatico, Lajatico, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 185716
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185716.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orciatico, Lajatico, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Botro Al Salcio
Fosce Creek
Il Campaccio
Lamproite Exposures

Latitude: 43°25'34"N
Longitude: 10°41'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.426111111111,10.696111111111

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel

Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Diopside ()*
Forsterite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Malachite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Potassic-richterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel

20 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	73090	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73090	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	73091	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	73090	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	73090	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	73089,73090,73091	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	73090	951
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	73091	2970
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73090	90
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	73092	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	73092	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	73092	5433
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	73092	311
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73091	12537
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	73092	2273
Potassic-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	73092	21
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73089	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73090	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	73092	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73090	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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