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Locality Name:
Ischignano, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 280141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ischignano, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Frigido Mine

Latitude: 44°2'45"N
Longitude: 10°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.045833333333,10.15

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: As Bi C Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerthieriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZinkenite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Garavellite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31730141935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11173014843
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O173014925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217301427198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17301424243
Garavellite  (*)BerthieriteFeSbBiS417301410
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21730145674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24173014158
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS173014767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81730141512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217301439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81730149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217301461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21730145614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1730146417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17301421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131730145317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS173014293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2173014106
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42173014228



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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