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


mindat Locality ID: 50676
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50676.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cape Arco Mine, Porto Azzurro, Elba Island, Livorno 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
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 Fe H K Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGypsum
HumboldtineIlvaiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePyritePyroxene
RocksaltScapoliteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Humboldtine  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O0107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O027
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl0139
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056


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