Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montecatini Mine (Caporciano Mine), Montecatini Val Di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 29760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montecatini Mine (Caporciano Mine), Montecatini Val Di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Digenite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Thomsonite	Titanite

Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Digenite Gadolinite Garnet Linarite Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Thomsonite Titanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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