Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 2089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°20'43"N
Longitude: 9°27'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.345277777778,9.4588888888889

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amorphous	Apophyllite	Ardennite	Axinite	Baryte	Berdesinskiite	Brackebuschite	Braunite
Calcite	Carpholite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Descloizite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fritzscheite	Garnet	Harmotome	Hewettite	Humboldtine	Kieserite	Lawsonite	Medaite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Oxalate	Pascoite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Saneroite	Sengierite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Tyrolite	Volborthite	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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Apophyllite Ardennite Axinite Baryte Berdesinskiite Brackebuschite Braunite
Calcite Carpholite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Descloizite
Epidote Feldspar Fritzscheite Garnet Harmotome Hewettite Humboldtine Kieserite Lawsonite Medaite
Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Oxalate Pascoite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Saneroite Sengierite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite
Tyrolite Volborthite Zircon

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ansermetite ()*
Arsenmedaite ()*	Barnesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassoite ()*	Bementite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Caryopilite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cortesognoite ()*
Crednerite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Duttonite ()*	Eggletonite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Gamagarite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hummerite ()*	Johannsenite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Lenoblite ()*	Lindbergite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marsturite ()*
Medaite ()*	Metatyuyamunite ()*	Molinelloite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Oxyvanite ()*	Palenzonaite ()*	Parsettensite ()*
Pascoite ()*	Paseroite ()*	Pennantite ()*	Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Saneroite ()*	Santafeite ()*
Senaite ()*	Sengierite ()*	Silver ()*	Smythite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sursassite ()*	Szmikite ()*	Tamaite ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tinzenite ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Vanadiocarpholite ()*
Volborthite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	100	100	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	100	100	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	100	100	470
Ansermetite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺V⁵⁺₂O₆·4H₂O	100	100	9
Arsenmedaite ()*	Medaite	Mn²⁺₆As⁵⁺Si₅O₁₈(OH)	100	100	1
Barnesite ()*	Hewettite	Na₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O	100	100	15
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	11547
Bassoite ()*	Not in a structural group	SrV⁴⁺₃O₇·4H₂O	100	100	1
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	100	100	173
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	100	100	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	100	100	25
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	100	83
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	5707
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	100	100	46
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	100	100	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	3846
Cortesognoite ()*	Lawsonite	CaV₂Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O	100	100	1
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	100	100	35
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	100	100	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	100	100	300
Duttonite ()*	None	V⁴⁺O(OH)₂	100	100	7
Eggletonite ()*	Clay	(Na,K,Ca)_xMn₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	100	100	3
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	100	100	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	24243
Gamagarite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Fe³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	100	100	10
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	100	100	45
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	100	100	290
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	100	100	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	14640
Hummerite ()*	Pascoite	KMgV⁵⁺₅O₁₄·8H₂O	100	100	21
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	100	100	73
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	100	100	234
Lenoblite ()*	None	V⁴⁺₂O₄·2H₂O	100	100	5
Lindbergite ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Mn(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	100	100	12
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	100	100	770
Marsturite ()*	Rhodonite	NaCaMn²⁺₃Si₅O₁₄(OH)	100	100	5
Medaite ()*	Medaite	Mn²⁺₆V⁵⁺Si₅O₁₈(OH)	100	100	6
Metatyuyamunite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	100	100	129
Molinelloite ()*	None	Cu(H₂O)(OH)V⁴⁺O(V⁵⁺O₄)	100	100	1
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	100	100	1508
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	100	100	186
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	100	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	100	100	511
Oxyvanite ()*	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂V⁴⁺O₅	100	100	4
Palenzonaite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(VO₄)₃	100	100	9
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	100	100	43
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	100	100	78
Paseroite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn²⁺, )(Fe³⁺, )₂(V⁵⁺,Ti⁴⁺, )₁₈O₃₈	100	100	1
Pennantite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	100	100	25
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	12
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	100	100	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	100	100	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	100	100	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	100	100	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	100	100	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	100	100	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	100	100	969
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	253
Saneroite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](VO₃)(OH)	100	100	6
Santafeite ()*	None	(Ca,Sr,Na)₃(Mn²⁺,Fe³⁺)₂Mn⁴⁺₂(VO₄)₄(OH,O)₅·2H₂O	100	100	5
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	100	100	28
Sengierite ()*	Sengierite	Cu₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	100	100	11
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	100	100	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	100	100	77
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	100	100	2045
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	100	100	24
Szmikite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(SO₄)·H₂O	100	100	14
Tamaite ()*	None	(Ca,K,Na)_xMn₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	100	100	2
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	100	100	60
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	100	100	1803
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	100	100	24
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	100	100	15
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	100	100	4899
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	100	100	245
Vanadiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺V³⁺AlSi₂O₆(OH)₄	100	100	2
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	100	100	155

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_558	Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_558	100	100	100		Age of ore deposits					Yes				7029	Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	Val Graveglia Manganese District	Marchesini and Pagano (2001)		MR32_349	Age of ore deposits

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130111	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130111
R130098	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130098
R060455	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060455
R060488	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060488
R130101	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130101
R080099	Molinello Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R080099

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