Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 247342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Futa Pass Area
Piancaldoli Meteorite
Sasso Di San Zanobi (Sasso Di San Zenobi)

Latitude: 44°13'14"N
Longitude: 11°26'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.220555555556,11.443333333333

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	Aragonite	Braunite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Malachite	Mica	Mixite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calciopetersite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Jamborite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*	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 B C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Braunite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Hydrotalcite Iron Malachite Mica Mixite
Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	73024	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	73024,73025	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73024	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	73026	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	73024	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	73024	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	73022	483
Calciopetersite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	73024	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	73022,73024,73025	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73022	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	73022,73024	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	73026	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	73024	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	73027	951
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	73026	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	73024	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	73026	453
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	73022,73024,73025	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	73022,73026	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	73026	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	73024	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	73026	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	73024	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	73026	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	73026	1089
Jamborite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni²⁺_1-xCo³⁺_x(OH)_2-x(SO₄)_x·nH₂O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]	1	73022	32
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	73027	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	73024,73026,73027	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73024	12537
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	73026	230
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	73026	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73024	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73024	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	73026	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	73022,73024	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	73026	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73024	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	73026	703
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	73022,73024	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	73024,73025	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	73026	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	73026	74
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	73024	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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