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Locality Name:
Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 2147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Colonnata Quarrying Basin
Fossa Combratta Quarry (Brugiana Nord Quarry; Monte Brugiana North Quarry)
Miseglia Quarrying Basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin; Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin)
Monte Brugiana Manganese Mineralisation (Artana Mn Deposit; Monte Rocchetta)
Pescina-Boccanaglia Quarrying Basin
Tanone Cave (Tana Dei Tufi; Tanone Di Torano)
Torano Quarries
Torano Quarrying Basin

Latitude: 44°5'25"N
Longitude: 10°7'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.090277777778,10.124444444444
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 As B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Cu H Hg K Li Mn O S Sb Si Ti U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BournoniteBranneriteBrauniteBrookiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayConnellite
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GeocroniteGermaniteGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMixite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTyrolite
VolborthiteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

123 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cannizzarite  (*)Carraraite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cualstibite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dawsonite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Moëloite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Mushistonite  (*)Nordstrandite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Parnauite  (*)Piemontite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Sellaite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tangeite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zaccagnaite  (*)
Zincalstibite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21729673419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)172944254
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3272966,72995315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2972941,72942,72944,72951,72952,72953,72955,72958,72960,72961,72962,72968,72969,72970,72971,72973,72975,72976,72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72991,72992,729948803
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O17298346
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2772947,72958,72972,72973,72975,72981,729932162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2272952,729673092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1729443250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1729449052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6172958919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21072942,72944,72950,72956,72958,72968,72973,72978,72985,729955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)572941,72953,72976,72983,7298911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4472944,72952,72955,729585516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11672942,72944,72951,72958,72976,72985843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3472944,72948,72955,729581089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O60248
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)172967483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2172981700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3672941,72942,72944,72946,72948,72951,72952,72953,72954,72955,72958,72960,72961,72962,72966,72967,72968,72969,72970,72971,72972,72973,72974,72975,72976,72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72993,72994,7299527770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S23272966,7299541
Carraraite  (*)EttringiteCa3Ge(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O1729502
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)872942,72950,72958,72961,72983,72985,72987,729951252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)372944,72955,729584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S272944,729585707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O272950,72985194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2772942,72952,72954,72958,72966,72981,7298227198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl172952203
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O372950,72959,7298340
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8272973,729811756
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161572942,72944,72948,72950,72952,72953,72957,72958,72966,72976,72983,72985,72987,72992,72995110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O172950295
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4172944109
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5272966,72995344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS472941,72942,72944,729584165
Cualstibite  (*)HydrotalciteCu2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6]06
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1729582970
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2372958,72983,7298590
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)172958378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S272944,729581027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23172941,72942,72944,72945,72946,72950,72951,72956,72957,72958,72960,72966,72967,72968,72969,72970,72971,72975,72976,72978,72979,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72989,72993,72994,729959895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)172952648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41572941,72942,72944,72949,72950,72951,72952,72958,72966,72976,72977,72980,72985,72987,72995910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4372944,72958,72966163
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F372941,72958,729812740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22572942,72944,72945,72946,72948,72950,72951,72956,72957,72958,72960,72965,72973,72976,72977,72978,72980,72981,72983,72985,72986,72987,72991,72993,729959617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417294449
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1572942,72944,72948,72951,72955,72956,72958,72960,72965,72966,72976,72985,72987,72993,7299524243
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)17296723
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23772944,72955,72956,72958,72960,72985,72987133
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3172983504
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS472942,72958,72966,72995717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2772941,72942,72943,72944,72945,72950,72951,72953,72958,72960,72961,72968,72970,72973,72976,72977,72978,72979,72981,72983,72985,72986,72987,72989,72990,72991,729956890
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)417298552
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3772950,72952,72967,72972,72990,72991,7299614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O272955,729581689
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O17298562
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH172952367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6572944,72955,72958,72959,729601066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23872944,72955,72956,72958,72960,72976,72983,72987105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4272944,7295882
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O272950,72951149
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)20210
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)217295624
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4272944,72961198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41072952,72968,72970,72971,72973,72981,72982,72990,72994,7299614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2972944,72950,72951,72952,72956,72958,72973,72981,7299512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)172967770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21729475674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl472944,72956,72958,729611107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)3472944,72958,72966,729878
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)172952945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21072941,72952,72955,72958,72960,72967,72976,72981,72983,7298717380
Mushistonite  (*)PerovskiteCu2+Sn4+(OH)61729417
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3064
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1729612994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4272979,7299357
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)172967260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23872941,72942,72944,72948,72951,72952,72953,72955,72956,72958,72959,72960,72961,72963,72965,72966,72968,72969,72970,72971,72972,72973,72975,72976,72978,72980,72981,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72988,72990,72991,72994,72995,7299639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8272952,729679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24372941,72942,72943,72944,72945,72946,72947,72950,72951,72952,72953,72955,72958,72960,72962,72963,72964,72967,72968,72969,72970,72971,72972,72973,72975,72976,72977,72978,72979,72980,72981,72982,72983,72984,72985,72986,72987,72988,72991,72992,72993,72994,7299561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS372973,72979,72993712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1729671711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2272942,72958454
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21472942,72950,72952,72963,72968,72969,72970,72971,72973,72981,72982,72985,72994,729955614
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3372944,72955,7295864
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF217298646
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21272944,72958165
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1729582473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)572942,72944,72958,72966,7298177
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31729671214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2972941,72942,72944,72945,72947,72948,72949,72950,72951,72952,72953,72955,72956,72958,72959,72960,72961,72965,72966,72976,72979,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72992,72993,7299521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3472942,72944,72951,729583418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)672958,72977,72981,72983,72985,72987589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1872942,72943,72944,72947,72948,72951,72958,72961,72978,72979,72982,72983,72985,72986,72987,72990,72991,729932045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4972947,72948,72957,72958,72966,72975,72985,72987,7299548
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)060
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13272966,729951803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131172944,72948,72950,72952,72958,72968,72973,72981,72983,72985,729955317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14058
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1729674899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O272944,72952433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21729672562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O272959,72985245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21729582718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2272958,72985106
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl172966605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)217299546
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O372944,72958,72995155
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41729551655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1772941,72942,72944,72947,72948,72950,72951,72954,72955,72958,72961,72966,72976,72983,72985,72987,72995372
Zaccagnaite  (*)HydrotalciteZn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O372944,72959,729836
Zincalstibite  (*)HydrotalciteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6]372956,72958,729616
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42572944,72958,72961,72966,72995228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1729605251


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