Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 5.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.1

mindat Locality ID: 50675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buraccio
Cape Arco Mine
Cape Bianco Mine
Terranera Mine

Latitude: 42°46'21"N
Longitude: 10°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.7725,10.366666666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copiapite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Humboldtine	Ilvaite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Botryogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Humboldtine ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Opal ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Clinozoisite Columbite
Copiapite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Halotrichite Humboldtine Ilvaite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Spinel

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.9	5.1	1	72775	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	5.9	5.1	1	72775	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72775	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5.9	5.1	1	72774	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5.9	5.1	1	72773	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72775	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5.9	5.1	1	72775	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5.9	5.1	1	72775	5171
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72773	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72775	382
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	5.9	5.1	1	72774	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72775	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5.9	5.1	1	72773	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	5.9	5.1	1	72775	551
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72773	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5.9	5.1	1	72773	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72774	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72773	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	5.9	5.1	1	72773	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5.9	5.1	3	72773,72774,72775	14640
Humboldtine ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Fe²⁺(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72773	27
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72774	197
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	5.9	5.1	1	72773	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72775	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5.9	5.1	1	72775	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	5.9	5.1	1	72774	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5.9	5.1	1	72773	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	5.9	5.1	1	72773	139
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	5.9	5.1	2	72773,72775	915
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72773	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72774	428
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72775	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5.9	5.1	3	72773,72774,72775	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	5.9	5.1	1	72774	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5.9	5.1	1	72773	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5.9	5.1	1	72775	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5.9	5.1	1	72775	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5.9	5.1	1	72774	6417
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	5.9	5.1	1	72774	433

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_502	Monzogranitic stock of Porto Azzurro on Elba Island

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_502	5.9	5.1	5.9-5.1		Age of monzogranitic stock									50675	Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy	Porto Azzurro	Tanelli et al. (2001)	10.4454/ofioliti.v26i2a.148	O26_239	Age of monzogranitic stock. The emplacement of the Porto Azzurro stock is thought to have caused the deactivation of the Central Elba Fault

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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