Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Monte Beni, Futa Pass Area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 282513
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282513.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Beni, Futa Pass Area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fantoni Quarry

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Mixite	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calciopetersite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Mixite None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

22 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	73024	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	73024	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73024	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	73024	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	73024	5516
Calciopetersite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	73024	3
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	73024	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	73024	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	73024	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	73024	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	73024	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	73024	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	73024	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	73024	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	73024	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73024	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	73024	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	73024	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	73024	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	73024	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	73024	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	73024	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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