Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 53078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Abbadia San Salvatore
Castiglion D'Orcia
Piancastagnaio
Selva

Latitude: 42°53'60"N
Longitude: 11°37'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.9,11.633333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Montroydite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ce Fe K Mg O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Sulphur Vivianite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	1	73174	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0.29	1	73172	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	5	73170,73172,73174,73175,73176	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	0.29	1	73172	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.29	1	73175	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0.29	5	73170,73172,73174,73175,73176	2600
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.29	3	73173,73175,73176	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.29	4	73170,73174,73175,73176	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0.29	1	73172	9617
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	0.29	0		40
Graphite ()*	None	C	0.29	0		2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.29	4	73172,73174,73175,73176	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.29	0		5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.29	1	73175	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.29	5	73170,73172,73174,73175,73176	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0.29	1	73172	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	0.29	2	73170,73176	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	0.29	4	73170,73172,73175,73176	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0.29	1	73176	1066
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	0.29	1	73176	29
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0.29	2	73170,73172	511
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	0.29	0		46
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.29	5	73170,73172,73174,73175,73176	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.29	4	73172,73174,73175,73176	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0.29	2	73170,73172	712
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.29	0		598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0.29	0		1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0.29	0		1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.29	1	73172	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.29	2	73172,73175	2045
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0.29	1	73172	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0.29	0		5251

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
	Hg-00103	0.29	0	0.29-0.18									Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite	Hg	53078	Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy	Mount Amiata	Bigazzi et al. (1981)	10.1007/BF02600577	BV44_455

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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