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Locality Name:
Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 260926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aeolian Arc Seamounts
Central Tyrrhenian Sea

Latitude: 40°0'7"N
Longitude: 12°43'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.001944444444,12.730555555556
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteMarcasite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStibnite
TetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)273217,732203250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17322011547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O373217,73219,73220178
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31732201935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)273217,7322027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217322027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1732203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1732204165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4173220910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17322024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)373217,73218,732207437
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4173220198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21732205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O273217,732201508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2273217,7322017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O173218471
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217322039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2373217,73220,7322261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21732205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1732205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17322021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31732203418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131732201803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O373217,73219,73220433
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS173220372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1732225251


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