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Locality Name:
Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 52186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 55

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Bologna
Brasimone Valley
Camugnano
Casalfiumanese
Castel D'Aiano
Castel Di Casio
Castel San Pietro Terme
Castenaso
Grizzana Morandi
Idice Valley
Limentra Valley
Loiano (Lojano)
Monterenzio
Mulino Di Creda
Pianoro
Reno Valley
Samoggia Valley
San Lazzaro Di Savena
Sillaro Valley

Latitude: 44°18'27"N
Longitude: 11°13'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.3075,11.227777777778

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 B Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteBrookiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeGadoliniteGypsumHydrotalciteMalachiteMarcasite
MilleriteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentine
SphaleriteSulphurTalcThomsoniteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamborite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O368795,68806,688081627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2868778,68779,68780,68804,68828,68831,68836,688382162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2268804,688363092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)468756,68804,68822,688283250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21687845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)768756,68757,68762,68804,68819,68822,6882811547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4368784,68840,688415516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61688411633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2868758,68778,68779,68780,68804,68816,68836,68837700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1568766,68775,68794,68796,68801,68804,68806,68807,68812,68819,68822,68828,68831,68832,6883627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1688281252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S368784,68840,688415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2468784,68804,68831,6884027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1688283531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4268805,68836951
Copper  (*)CopperCu468784,68814,68828,688413846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1688412970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)168770498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6268795,688064135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21068762,68768,68775,68795,68804,68807,68810,68828,68831,688369895
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2168841178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)268828,688387437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1068785,68788,68794,68800,68819,68824,68825,68826,68827,688286890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3468768,68804,68828,6883614640
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]868762,68775,68804,68828,68831,68834,68836,6883832
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6268794,688002228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1688061271
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)268804,688061487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2468784,68814,68831,6884112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2368819,68828,688335674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1268762,68775,68776,68779,68786,68804,68807,68828,68831,68834,68836,688381066
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O268806,688081236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1687932994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O168828306
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21687701898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2768804,68819,68828,68831,68833,68836,6884139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22568762,68768,68769,68775,68779,68780,68785,68791,68792,68793,68794,68796,68797,68798,68799,68803,68804,68807,68810,68816,68828,68831,68833,68836,6883861156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O16880448
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)268828,688366417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS268762,6880421482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)168828589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS368764,68794,688002045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2568768,68803,68804,68835,688383337
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O168806452
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2668804,68828,68831,68834,68836,68838106
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)268828,688305251



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