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Locality Name:
Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 273815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gavorrano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Casa Bianca (Casabianca)
Fonte All'Anguilla
Gavorrano Mine
Giuncarico

Latitude: 42°56'12"N
Longitude: 10°55'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.936666666667,10.93

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 C Ca Cu F 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: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapite
CoquimbiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetIlvaiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
NickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRömeriteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
SulphurTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastoniteXanthoconite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Billingsleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Römerite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1725642793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1725658803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6172565966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31725651534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1725659052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372563,72565,7256711547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4172565343
Billingsleyite  (*)NoneAg7AsS6272564,7256511
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)372563,72565,7256727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217256527198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O172565382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O172565136
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61725654135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21725659895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1725658173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21725659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS272564,7256524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317256514640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)172565197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14172565784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417256514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2272565,725675674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O172565915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217256517380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3172564733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31725641425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2272564,7256539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81725659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372564,72565,7256761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS172565712
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O172565115
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS272564,7256521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31725653418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1725652045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13272564,725655317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21725652562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101725651395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31725651247
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS317256489



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