Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monte Ferrato Quarries, Monte Ferrato, Prato And Montemurlo, Prato Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 30502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Ferrato Quarries, Monte Ferrato, Prato And Montemurlo, Prato Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Gadolinite	Garnet	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Gadolinite Garnet Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite
Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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