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Locality Name:
Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 293608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vigarano Mainarda, Ferrara Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vigarano Pieve

Latitude: 44°51'0"N
Longitude: 11°23'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.85,11.399444444444

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Sc Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteClayCorundumDiamondFeldsparGarnetIronMagnetoplumbite
MeliliteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRocksalt
SapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTridymiteWollastonite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Corundum  (*)Davisite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dmitryivanovite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Esseneite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferrihydrite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Grossite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Panguite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rubinite  (*)Saponite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Warkite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31688481534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1688481036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61688482060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16884827770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41688483902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O616884894
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31688481797
Davisite  (*)PyroxeneCaScAlSiO61688483
Diamond  (*)DiamondC168848697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61688484135
Dmitryivanovite  (*)NoneCaAl2O41688482
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21688489895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6168848944
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO616884817
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)168848371
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)216884886
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1688481188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7168848114
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O716884819
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6168848741
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4168848407
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1916884880
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31688485433
Iron  (*)IronFe1688481089
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)16884833
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416884814899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7168848230
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)168848153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)168848884
Panguite  (*)Not in a structural group(Ti,Al,Sc,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O31688482
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81688481512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO168848114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3168848495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6168848303
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81688489056
Rubinite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti3+2Si3O121688481
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O168848301
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl168848444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41688481934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)168848703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi168848116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1688481044
Warkite  (*)SapphirineCa2Sc6Al6O201688482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31688481247
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO16884874



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