Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roccastrada, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 20345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roccastrada, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fosso Del Confine
Gypsum Quarries
Roccatederighi
Spianata Dei Locchi
Tatti

Latitude: 43°1'2"N
Longitude: 11°6'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.017222222222,11.109444444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Zircon

Annite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	72662	356
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	72659	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	72659	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	72659	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	72659	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	72661	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	72659	2600
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	72662	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	72659	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	72659	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	72659,72664	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	72659,72663	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	72660	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72659	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	72659	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	72659,72662	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	72662	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	72659	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	72659,72664	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	72662	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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