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Locality Name:
Rialto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 54811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rialto, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Melogno

Latitude: 44°13'30"N
Longitude: 8°13'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.225,8.2283333333333

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 Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChloriteClayEpidoteLinariteMalachiteMinium
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)169674706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21696742162
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6169674919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16967427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1696744979
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81696741756
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16967424243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1696742812
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1696741689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2169674987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216967412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1696741107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4169674247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216967439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1696741725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216967461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1696742473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16967421482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41696741655
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO16967498



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