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Locality Name:
Reppia, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 304577
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304577.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reppia, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Monte Copello

Latitude: 44°22'11"N
Longitude: 9°27'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.369722222222,9.4555555555556
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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sr Te Ti V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllactiteAllaniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArdennite
ArseniosideriteArsenoclasiteAxiniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCarpholiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetGermaniteGravegliaite
GypsumHarmotomeHumboldtineHumiteMalachiteMarcasiteMedaiteMicaMixiteMonazite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePascoitePharmacosideritePrehnitePumpellyitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSaneroiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStilpnomelaneSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteVolborthiteWagneriteWeliniteZircon

145 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Ansermetite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardennite-(As)  (*)Argandite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenoclasite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carpholite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cavoite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crednerite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Franciscanite  (*)Galena  (*)Gamagarite  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldmanite  (*)Gravegliaite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Häggite  (*)
Haradaite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hauerite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Inesite  (*)Jensenite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Lindbergite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganarsite  (*)Manganberzeliite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mcalpineite  (*)
Medaite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nabiasite  (*)Neotocite  (*)
Nordstrandite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Palenzonaite  (*)Parsettensite  (*)Pascoite  (*)Pennantite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Poppiite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Reppiaite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Saneroite  (*)
Sarkinite  (*)Scheuchzerite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sursassite  (*)Sussexite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talmessite  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tinzenite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tokyoite  (*)Vanadiocarpholite  (*)Vanadomalayaite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wallkilldellite  (*)Weissite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Xocolatlite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21001001694433419
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS100100169443312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)100100369439,69442,694438803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100100169443706
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)210010016944377
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O100100169442470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2100100269440,694432162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31001001694431534
Ansermetite  (*)Not in a structural groupMn2+V5+2O6·4H2O1001001694439
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1001001694433250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)610010016944334
Argandite  (*)AllactiteMn7(VO4)2(OH)81001001694432
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O100100169443194
Arsenoclasite  (*)ArsenoclasiteMn2+5(AsO4)2(OH)41001001694434
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)210010016944388
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2100100269442,694435509
Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Al4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O1001001694439
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O100100169443150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10010016944311547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8100100169443173
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O100100169443178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41001001694435516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)100100169443483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6100100269442,694431633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100100269442,6944327770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O100100269438,6944288
Carpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+Al2Si2O6(OH)410010016944325
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)410010016944383
Cavoite  (*)NoneCaV3O71001001694431
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S100100269442,694435707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O100100169443194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100269442,6944327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8100100169443577
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)10010016944346
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O100100269442,694433531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81001001694431756
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3100100169443127
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16100100269443110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)100100169443363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O100100369440,69442,69443295
Copper  (*)CopperCu100100369440,69442,694433846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4100100169443109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4100100169443175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1001001694434165
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO210010016944335
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O100100369440,69442,694432970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)100100169443498
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2100100169442144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O100100269442,69443366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1001001694431027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6100100269442,694434135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21001001694439895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100100369439,69442,694438173
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O10010016944266
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1001001694432740
Franciscanite  (*)WeliniteMn2+6(V5+   )(SiO4)2O3(OH)31001001694433
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10010016944324243
Gamagarite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)10010016944310
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)10010016944345
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)100100269442,694437437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10010016944330554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)310010016944331
Gravegliaite  (*)GravegliaiteMn2+(S4+O3)·3H2O1001001694433
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O100100269442,694436890
Häggite  (*)NoneV3+V4+O2(OH)310010016944317
Haradaite  (*)NoneSrV4+Si2O71001001694433
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O100100169443290
Hauerite  (*)PyriteMnS210010016944326
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4100100169443350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O310010016944314640
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O10010016944350
Jensenite  (*)NoneCu2+3Te6+O6·2H2O1001001694433
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O610010016944373
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2100100169443234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O100100269442,69443593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O100100169443149
Lindbergite  (*)Humboldtine OxalateMn(C2O4)·2H2O10010016944312
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)100100269441,69442451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O410010016944314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2100100269442,6944312537
Manganarsite  (*)NoneMn2+3As3+2O4(OH)41001001694433
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)310010016944324
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)100100169443770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21001001694435674
Mcalpineite  (*)NoneCu3Te6+O610010016944312
Medaite  (*)MedaiteMn2+6V5+Si5O18(OH)1001001694436
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)100100169443945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1001001694431508
Nabiasite  (*)NoneBaMn9(VO4)6(OH)21001001694435
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)100100169443186
Nordstrandite  (*)NoneAl(OH)310010016944264
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x100100169443121
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)100100169443492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1001001694432994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1001001694432349
Palenzonaite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(VO4)31001001694439
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O10010016944343
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O10010016944378
Pennantite  (*)Chlorite ClayMn2+5Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)810010016944325
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O100100169443428
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100100169443260
Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSr(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10010016944312
Poppiite  (*)PumpellyiteCa2V3+V3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O1001001694434
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O100100169443309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21001001694431898
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O10010016944315
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100269442,6944339462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)10010016944321
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21001001694433106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3100100169443244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3100100169443147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81001001694439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100369440,69442,6944361156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O100100169443177
Reppiaite  (*)NoneMn2+5(VO4)2(OH)41001001694432
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1001001694431711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)100100169443969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10100100169443312
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2100100169443253
Saneroite  (*)SaneroiteNaMn2+5[Si5O14(OH)](VO3)(OH)1001001694436
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)10010016944330
Scheuchzerite  (*)NoneNaMn2+9Si9V5+O28(OH)41001001694432
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe100100169443143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS10010016944321482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O10010016944390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1001001694432045
Sursassite  (*)ArdenniteMn2+2Al3(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)310010016944324
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)10010016944325
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F100100169443232
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O10010016944346
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)10010016944360
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131001001694431803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)100100169443240
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)210010016944324
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)10010016944315
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1001001694434899
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH1001001694439
Vanadiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMn2+V3+AlSi2O6(OH)41001001694432
Vanadomalayaite  (*)TitaniteCaVO(SiO4)1001001694431
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O100100369440,69442,69443155
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O10010016944320
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe10010016944331
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O10010016944395
Xocolatlite  (*)NoneCa2Mn4+2Te6+2O12·H2O1001001694432
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O10010016944384


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_558Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_558100100100 Age of ore deposits   Yes  7029Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, ItalyVal Graveglia Manganese DistrictMarchesini and Pagano (2001) MR32_349Age of ore deposits

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070180Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Monte Copello, Reppia, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070180
R110064Valgraveglia Mine (Gambatesa Mine), Monte Copello, Reppia, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R110064

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