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Locality Name:
Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 20220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aia Della Vecchia
Botro Dell'Arancio Quarry
Campolecciano
Castiglioncello
Fortullino
Gabbro
Nibbiaia

Latitude: 43°26'33"N
Longitude: 10°24'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.4425,10.4075

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 C Ca Cl Co Cr F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteBrookiteCalciteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HydrotalciteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jamborite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Melanophlogite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1728398803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21728392162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31728381534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4172834708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1728343250
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2172839700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)272837,7283927770
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS372833,72837,728392600
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61728384135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2272833,728379895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21728399617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31728381544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]17283932
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2172837234
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4172838359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)272835,728371487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4272834,7283914899
Melanophlogite  (*)NoneC2H17O5·Si46O92372833,72835,7283738
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1728391066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1728372994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81728391512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217283939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2272837,7283961156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21728383337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1728384899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl172838605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10272834,728381395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4172839380
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O17283722



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