Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 192678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cento
Vigarano Mainarda

Latitude: 44°48'29"N
Longitude: 11°20'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.808055555556,11.341111111111

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diamond	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron
Magnetoplumbite	Melilite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Tochilinite	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinoenstatite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Davisite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diopside ()*	Dmitryivanovite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Esseneite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kirschsteinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Monticellite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Panguite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rubinite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tochilinite ()*	Troilite ()*
Warkite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 Ce Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Sc Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diamond Feldspar Garnet Iron
Magnetoplumbite Melilite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Tochilinite Tridymite Wollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	68848	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	68848	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	68845,68848	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	68845,68848	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	68845,68848	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	68845,68848	94
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	68848	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	68845	453
Davisite ()*	Pyroxene	CaScAlSiO₆	1	68848	3
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	68848	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	68845,68848	4135
Dmitryivanovite ()*	None	CaAl₂O₄	1	68848	2
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68848	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	68845,68848	944
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	1	68848	17
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	68848	371
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	68848	86
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	68845,68848	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	2	68845,68848	114
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	68845	2812
Grossite ()*	None	CaAl₄O₇	1	68848	19
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	68848	741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	68848	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	2	68845,68848	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	68848	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	68845,68848	1089
Kirschsteinite ()*	Olivine	CaFe²⁺(SiO₄)	1	68848	33
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	68845,68848	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	68848	230
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	68848	153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	68848	884
Panguite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ti,Al,Sc,Mg,Zr,Ca)_1.8O₃	1	68848	2
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	68845,68848	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	68848	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	68845,68848	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	68848	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	68845,68848	9056
Rubinite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti³⁺₂Si₃O₁₂	1	68848	1
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	68845,68848	301
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	68848	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	68845,68848	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	68848	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	68848	116
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	68845	56
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	68845,68848	1044
Warkite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₂Sc₆Al₆O₂₀	1	68848	2
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	68848	1247
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	68848	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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