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Locality Name:
Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 223282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montese, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Castelluccio Di Moscheda

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: C Ca Co Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCorundumHydrotalciteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphalerite
SpinelTalc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamborite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Vaesite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21688872162
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16888727770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21688879895
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316888714640
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]16888732
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416888714899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1688871066
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216888761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16888721482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21688873337
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2168887106



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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