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Locality Name:
Marche, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 30332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marche, Italy": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ancona Province
Ascoli Piceno Province
Fermo Province
Macerata Province
Pesaro And Urbino Province

Latitude: 43°23'39"N
Longitude: 13°5'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.394166666667,13.098055555556

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopper
CorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumIronMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStarkeyiteSulphurTetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rozenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)770285,70287,70290,70304,70315,70318,703193250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2370279,70301,703035509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)470301,70304,70318,7031911547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O170304178
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61703031633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1470279,70285,70287,70290,70301,70304,70310,70312,70313,70314,70315,70318,70319,7032127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)770310,70312,70313,70314,70318,70319,703211252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270279,7031327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41702953902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1703043531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)170304363
Copper  (*)CopperCu270301,703213846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O370301,70310,703132970
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O170279107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2370279,70304,703139617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1702797437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1270279,70281,70285,70287,70290,70291,70293,70299,70301,70304,70318,703196890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4170304350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270279,7030414640
Iron  (*)IronFe1702951089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61702792228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2670279,70301,70304,70310,70313,7032112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2770279,70282,70301,70313,70315,70318,703195674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O170279915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1703042994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3170315511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2770282,70296,70301,70313,70315,70318,7031939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21703043106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2570279,70301,70304,70318,7031961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O170304177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS170315712
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O170279293
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)270279,703046417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS570279,70285,70287,70290,702992045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)170295703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131703045317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170304433
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1702951044



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