Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Colonnata Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 299464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Colonnata Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Artana Quarry (Artana B Quarry)
Belgia Quarries
Calagio Quarries (Calagio Quarry; Olmo Quarry)
Campanili Quarry
Cancelli Di Gioia Quarry
Colonnata
Gerbi Quarry (Fossa Cava Quarry; Gerby Quarry)
Gioia Quarries
La Piana Quarry

Latitude: 44°4'51"N
Longitude: 10°8'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.080833333333,10.144166666667

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Connellite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Germanite
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Volborthite	Wurtzite
Zinkenite

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu F H K O P S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay
Connellite Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Germanite
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Volborthite Wurtzite
Zinkenite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carraraite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Claraite ()*	Colusite ()*	Connellite ()*
Cornubite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Moëloite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Mushistonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Semseyite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sulvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zaccagnaite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	72944	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	72942,72944,72951	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	72947	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	72944	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	72944	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	72942,72944,72950	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	72944	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	72942,72944,72951	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	72944,72948	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	72942,72944,72946,72948,72951	27770
Carraraite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Ge(SO₄)(CO₃)(OH)₆·12H₂O	1	72950	2
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	72942,72950	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	72944	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	72944	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	72950	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	72942	27198
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	1	72950	40
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	4	72942,72944,72948,72950	110
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	72950	295
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	72944	109
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	72942,72944	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	72944	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	72942,72944,72945,72946,72950,72951	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	72942,72944,72949,72950,72951	910
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	72944	163
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	72942,72944,72945,72946,72948,72950,72951	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	72944	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	72942,72944,72948,72951	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	72944	133
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	72942	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	72942,72943,72944,72945,72950,72951	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	72950	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	72944	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	72944	105
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1	72944	82
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	2	72950,72951	149
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	72944	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	72944,72950,72951	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	72947	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	72944	1107
Moëloite ()*	None	Pb₆Sb₆S₁₄(S)₃	1	72944	8
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Mushistonite ()*	Perovskite	Cu²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	0		7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	72942,72944,72948,72951	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	72942,72943,72944,72945,72946,72947,72950,72951	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	72942	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	72942,72950	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	72944	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	1	72944	165
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	2	72942,72944	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	72942,72944,72945,72947,72948,72949,72950,72951	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	72942,72944,72951	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	6	72942,72943,72944,72947,72948,72951	2045
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	2	72947,72948	48
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	72944,72948,72950	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	72944	433
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	72944	155
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	6	72942,72944,72947,72948,72950,72951	372
Zaccagnaite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Zn₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	72944	6
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	72944	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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