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Locality Name:
Iano (Jano), Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 290

mindat Locality ID: 283351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iano (Jano), Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Acqua Rossa Spring
Torri Mine

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

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteDiasporeGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23542901730522162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235429005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354290011547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2354290173052700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)23542900462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35429017305327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354290027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542901730532600
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O354290173052382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235429009895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354290273052,730537437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542901730536890
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3542901730531487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354290012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354290273052,730535674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35429002994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235429017305339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354290273052,7305361156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O435429001934



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_387GPS is estimate.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_387354290CarboniferousfossilAge of coal deposit      283351Iano (Jano), Montaione, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, ItalyJanoJervis (1862) BOOK_MRCI_1862Age of coal deposit


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