Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.7

mindat Locality ID: 29214
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29214.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Camporgiano
Castelnuovo Di Garfagnana
Pieve Fosciana
San Romano Garfagnana
Sillano
Villa Collemandina

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dinite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Talc Vesuvianite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	72863,72867	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	72863	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	72867	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	72865	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	72868	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			1	72863	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	72868	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	72863,72867,72868	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	72867	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	72863,72867,72868	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	72867	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	72867	1025
Dinite ()*	None	C₂₀H₃₆	3.6	2.7	1	72857	1
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	72867	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	72855,72862,72863,72867	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	72867	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	72860	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	72867	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	72865	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	72855,72865	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	72863	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	72863,72867,72868	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3.6	2.7	1	72858	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	72867	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	72855,72862,72863,72867	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	72863,72865,72868	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	72863,72865,72868	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	72863,72867	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	72867	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	72867	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	72867	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	72867	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0052	Occurs with lignite within clay, sand, gravel deposit.

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
	Michelle_0052	3.6	2.7	Lower Villafranchian		Age of mineralization									16252	Lignite Deposits, Castelnuovo Di Garfagnana, Garfagnana, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy	Lignite Deposits of Castelnuovo di Garfagnana	Bartolini (2003)	10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00090-3	QI101_75	Age of lignite bearing clays.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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