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Locality Name:
Parma Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 289188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parma Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tizzano Val Parma

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCorundumDiasporeGypsumNonePyriteQuartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1689563250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16895611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16895627770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21689569895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1689562740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1689567437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1689566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316895614640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216895639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216895661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1689566417
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O168956433



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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