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Locality Name:
Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 24141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 92
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Albareto
Berceto
Borgo Val Di Taro
Fidenza
Medesano
Monte Penna
Neviano Degli Arduini
Parma Valley
Pellegrino Parmense
Rocchetta Mount
Taro Valley
Terenzo
Valmozzola

Latitude: 44°37'28"N
Longitude: 9°51'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.624444444444,9.8533333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Artinite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brookite
Calcite	Cerite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corrensite
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica
Millerite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Römerite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite
Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Woodwardite	Wurtzite

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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Artinite Baryte Brochantite Brookite
Calcite Cerite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corrensite
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum
Halotrichite Hydrotalcite Iron Kaolinite Kieserite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica
Millerite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Prehnite Pumpellyite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Römerite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite
Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Woodwardite Wurtzite

99 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aliettite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Artinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydroromarchite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*
Merrillite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Mooihoekite ()*
Natrojarosite ()*	Nitratine ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Römerite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*
Saponite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spherocobaltite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Taenite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	68919,68939	8803
Aliettite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Ca_0.2Mg₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	68969	7
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			10	68924,68932,68936,68967,68973,68984,68993,68996,69002,69003	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			5	68928,68936,68937,68960,68968	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			22	68920,68921,68924,68926,68928,68929,68931,68933,68936,68937,68949,68950,68951,68953,68956,68959,68968,68970,68971,68978,68980,68985	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O			4	68937,68968,68969,68971	75
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	68919	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			23	68918,68919,68920,68922,68924,68942,68947,68949,68951,68952,68956,68959,68975,68976,68979,68980,68981,68984,68987,68990,68991,68996,69000	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			3	68920,68921,68923	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			3	68925,68936,68996	700
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			1	68971	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			49	68917,68919,68920,68921,68922,68923,68924,68926,68927,68928,68929,68930,68931,68933,68935,68936,68937,68942,68944,68947,68949,68950,68951,68952,68953,68956,68959,68964,68965,68968,68975,68976,68978,68979,68980,68981,68983,68984,68985,68987,68988,68990,68991,68993,68995,68996,68999,69000,69002	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	27	8	1	68966	91
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	68919	309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			2	68920,68953	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	68920	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			10	68919,68921,68924,68928,68933,68983,68985,68993,68996,69002	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	68932,68939	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	68921	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	68933	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	27	8	1	68966	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	68919,68924	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	68919,68987	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	68921	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	68919,68921	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			3	68927,68993,69002	498
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	68919	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	68921	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	68999	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			6	68928,68929,68936,68937,68968,68970	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			12	68921,68933,68935,68936,68937,68953,68956,68968,68980,68984,68990,68996	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O			1	68921	50
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	68939	944
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			2	68921,68924	41
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			4	68956,68978,68980,68981	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	68939	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	68924	663
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			14	68919,68920,68923,68924,68949,68951,68952,68953,68956,68959,68978,68979,68980,68985	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	68919,68921,68924	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			16	68920,68921,68922,68923,68924,68942,68943,68949,68950,68952,68956,68959,68978,68980,68985,68988	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	68924	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			13	68919,68924,68939,68949,68952,68953,68956,68978,68980,68981,68984,68985,68990	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	68985	243
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)			1	68921	12
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	68971	341
Hydroromarchite ()*	None	Sn²⁺₃O₂(OH)₂			1	68924	6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			4	68939,68983,68984,68985	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	68939	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃			3	68919,68920,68924	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	68949,68952,68959,68978,68980	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	68918,68920	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	68980	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			3	68919,68920,68924	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			10	68926,68928,68929,68931,68933,68936,68937,68968,68983,68985	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			8	68921,68931,68933,68936,68937,68960,68968,68985	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			5	68919,68920,68921,68931,68933	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	68924,68965,68990	5674
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂			2	68942,68943	38
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	68920	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	27	8	1	68966	397
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	68939	230
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			4	68933,68967,68985,68996	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	68921	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	68921	945
Mooihoekite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₉S₁₆			1	68920	20
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	68920,68923	254
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)			1	68923	91
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			4	68919,68923,68942,68943	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	68920	2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	68979	306
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			4	68918,68919,68920,68923	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	68927,68944,68993,69002	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O			1	68924	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			18	68918,68919,68920,68921,68922,68923,68924,68933,68942,68951,68952,68956,68964,68985,68990,68996,68999,69000	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	68924	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			12	68919,68920,68924,68930,68942,68956,68973,68984,68993,68996,69002,69003	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	68933	48
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O			1	68924	115
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	68920	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	68985	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	68920	301
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	68918,68920	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	68918,68924,68949,68956	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	68920,68924	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			5	68921,68924,68933,68985,68996	21482
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)			1	68920	52
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	68924	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2	68921,68924	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O			1	68924	139
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	68939	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	68985,68995	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			13	68920,68922,68924,68926,68928,68929,68931,68932,68933,68960,68983,68984,68985	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			6	68931,68933,68952,68956,68980,68985	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	68917	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	68939	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	68919	2718
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	68985	106
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			3	68936,68937,68968	1395
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	68933	372

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
	Hg-00105	27	8										Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	55834	San Quirico, Gotra Valley, Albareto, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy		Dini et al. (1995)		EJM7_417

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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