Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ligurian Sea To The SW Of Portovenere Promontory, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 299039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ligurian Sea To The SW Of Portovenere Promontory, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°1'59"N
Longitude: 9°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.033055555556,9.7663888888889

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.

Andalusite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel
Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	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 C Ca F Fe H K O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica None Quartz Rutile Spinel
Staurolite Titanite Topaz Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hercynite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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