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


mindat Locality ID: 309584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gioia Quarries, Colonnata Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°4'32"N
Longitude: 10°9'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.075555555556,10.155555555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Na O S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Na O S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcophylliteConnelliteCorundumEnargiteEttringiteFluoriteGermaniteGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Carraraite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Claraite  (*)
Colusite  (*)Connellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Carraraite  (*)EttringiteCa3Ge(SO4)(CO3)(OH)6·12H2O02
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O040
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


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