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


mindat Locality ID: 188347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castelnuovo Val Di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Montecastelli Pisano
Sasso Pisano

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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperEpidoteGarnetMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurVesuvianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Ginorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molysite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sassolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1730771627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1730773250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6173077919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21730775509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41730775516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61730771633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17307827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1730775707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217307727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1730773846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1730772970
Ginorite  (*)NoneCa2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O17307811
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31730771544
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O173077341
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417307714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217307712537
Molysite  (*)NoneFeCl317307812
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21730771898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217307739462
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)317307831
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17307721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1730782045
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101730771395
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2173077109
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1730771025



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