Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ruffinati, Ferriere, Aveto Valley, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 195614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruffinati, Ferriere, Aveto Valley, Piacenza Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Electricity Pylon

Latitude: 44°37'32"N
Longitude: 9°23'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.625555555556,9.3969444444444

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

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 Cu Fe O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe O S Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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	69021	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	69021	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69021	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	69021	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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