Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Castiglion D'Orcia, Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 281018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castiglion D'Orcia, Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pietrineri Mine

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Hg O P S Sb Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0.29	1	73172	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	1	73172	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0.29	1	73172	1252
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0.29	1	73172	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0.29	1	73172	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.29	1	73172	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.29	1	73172	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0.29	1	73172	915
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	0.29	1	73172	255
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0.29	1	73172	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.29	1	73172	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.29	1	73172	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0.29	1	73172	712
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.29	1	73172	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.29	1	73172	2045
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0.29	1	73172	636

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00103	0.29	0	0.29-0.18							Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite	Hg	53078	Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy	Mount Amiata	Bigazzi et al. (1981)	10.1007/BF02600577	BV44_455

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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