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Locality Name:
Palagano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 192694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palagano, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boccassuolo
Cinghi Ophiolites (Cinghi Di Boccassuolo)

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumDevillineEpidoteFeldspar
GadoliniteGypsumMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelTitanite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)268889,688908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21688902162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1688903250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6268890,68891919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2268890,688915509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)368889,68890,6889211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)368889,68890,6889227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O268890,68891925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2368889,68890,6889127198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)368889,68890,68892498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2268890,688929895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)368889,68890,688918173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS368889,68890,6889124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O268890,688916890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3268890,6889114640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6268890,688911066
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O268890,688921271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416888914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2368889,68890,6889112537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2368889,68890,688921898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2368889,68890,6889139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268890,688919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2368889,68890,6889161156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O268890,68891292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS368889,68890,6889121482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O268890,688914899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O268890,68891433



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