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Locality Name:
Miseglia Quarrying Basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin; Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 299463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miseglia Quarrying Basin (Miseglia-Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin; Fantiscritti Quarrying Basin), Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Canal Piccinino Quarry (Canal Piccinino A Quarry)
Canalgrande Quarry (Montecatini Quarry)
Carbonera Quarry (Venai Quarry)
Carpevola Quarry
Fantiscritti (Fantiscritti Quarries)
Fior Di Chiara Quarry (Fiordichiara Quarry; Fiordichiara Quarries)
La Tagliata Quarry (Tagliata Quarry)
Lucchetti Quarry (Strinato Quarry)
Para Quarry (La Para Quarry)
Ponti Di Vara Quarries
Scaloni Quarries
Tecchia Quarry
Val Bona Quarry (Valbona Quarry)

Latitude: 44°5'29"N
Longitude: 10°7'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.091388888889,10.131944444444

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDescloizite
DigeniteEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteGermaniteGypsumHydrotalciteMalachiteMeneghinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTyroliteVolborthiteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cannizzarite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Claraite  (*)Colusite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dawsonite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Moëloite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zaccagnaite  (*)Zincalstibite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3172966315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)572955,72958,72960,72961,729628803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21729582162
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6172958919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2272956,729585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4272955,729585516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11172958843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3272955,729581089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)772954,72955,72958,72960,72961,72962,7296627770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2317296641
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)272958,729611252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)272955,729584979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1729585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372954,72958,7296627198
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O17295940
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16372957,72958,72966110
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5172966344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1729584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1729582970
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)217295890
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)172958378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1729581027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2572956,72957,72958,72960,729669895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4272958,72966910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4272958,72966163
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1729582740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2572956,72957,72958,72960,729659617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS672955,72956,72958,72960,72965,7296624243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23472955,72956,72958,72960133
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS272958,72966717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O372958,72960,729616890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O272955,729581689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6472955,72958,72959,729601066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23472955,72956,72958,72960105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS417295882
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)217295624
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4172961198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2272956,7295812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl372956,72958,729611107
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)3272958,729668
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2372955,72958,7296017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1729612994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2972955,72956,72958,72959,72960,72961,72963,72965,7296639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2672955,72958,72960,72962,72963,7296461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2172958454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21729635614
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3272955,7295864
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21172958165
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1729582473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)272958,7296677
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS872955,72956,72958,72959,72960,72961,72965,7296621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31729583418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)172958589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS272958,729612045
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4372957,72958,7296648
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131729661803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131729585317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O172959245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21729582718
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2172958106
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl172966605
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O172958155
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41729551655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS572954,72955,72958,72961,72966372
Zaccagnaite  (*)HydrotalciteZn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O1729596
Zincalstibite  (*)HydrotalciteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6]372956,72958,729616
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42372958,72961,72966228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1729605251



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