Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Franco Promontory, Giglio Island, Isola Del Giglio, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 266519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franco Promontory, Giglio Island, Isola Del Giglio, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cala Dei Mugni (Mugni Beach)
Poggio Zuffolone
Punta Del Gesso
Punta Di Mezzo Franco
Punta Di Pietralta

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

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.

Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lawsonite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lawsonite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

27 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	72578	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	72579	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	72575	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	72579	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	72579	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	72578	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	72578,72579	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	72579	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	72578,72579	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	72579	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	72578	8173
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	72575	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	72578,72579	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	72577	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	72578	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	72579	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	72575	5591
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	72576	121
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72579	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	72575	17380
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	72579	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	72579	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	72575,72578,72579	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72579	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	72579	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	72579	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	72579	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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