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Locality Name:
Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 55021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valdicastello Carducci, Pietrasanta, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pollone Mine

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: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
CoquimbiteFeldsparFetteliteFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumHalotrichiteMadociteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSartorite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteXanthoconiteZinkenite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Billingsleyite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Carducciite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chovanite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Fettelite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Koninckite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marcobaldiite  (*)Meerschautite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Parasterryite  (*)Polloneite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sterryite  (*)Strengite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Variscite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1728922793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1728928803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21728922162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1728922734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1728929052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17289211547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181728924286
Billingsleyite  (*)NoneAg7AsS617289211
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11172892843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31728921089
Carducciite  (*)None(AgSb)Pb6(As,Sb)8S201728921
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1728924979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O172892925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217289227198
Chovanite  (*)NonePb15-2xSb14+2xS36Ox (x~0.2)1728925
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1728922600
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O172892136
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8172892126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21728929895
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4172892163
Fettelite  (*)Fettelite[Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]1728925
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)617289273
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21728929617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17289224243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23172892133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1728926890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O172892409
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61728922228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23172892105
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O17289219
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417289214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217289212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21728925674
Marcobaldiite  (*)GeocronitePb12(Sb3As2Bi)Σ6S211728931
Meerschautite  (*)None(Ag,Cu)5.5Pb42.4(Sb,As)45.1S112O0.81728921
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O172892915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24172892158
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2817289289
Parasterryite  (*)MadociteAg4Pb20(Sb,As)24S581728921
Polloneite  (*)SartoriteAgPb46As26Sb23S1201728921
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3172892733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31728921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217289239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2272892,7289361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21728925614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1728926417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17289221482
Sterryite  (*)MadociteCu(Ag,Cu)3Pb19(Sb,As)22(As)2S561728926
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O172892263
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13272892,728931803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131728925317
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O172892301
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS317289289
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42172892228



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