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Locality Name:
Borzoli, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 55254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borzoli, Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mt. Ramazzo Mine
S. Stefano Quarry

Latitude: 44°27'8"N
Longitude: 8°51'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.452222222222,8.8622222222222

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAragoniteArtiniteAuricuprideBrochantiteBruciteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparGypsumHydrotalciteIlvaiteKtenasiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelSulphurTalc
TitaniteValleriite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Callaghanite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Nakauriite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramazzoite  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1693938803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4169392708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4169392246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1693923250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O16939275
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O169392143
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe169392166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21693925509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61693921633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2169392462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O16939232
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16939227770
Callaghanite  (*)NoneCu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O1693929
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O169392925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216939227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1693923531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4169392951
Copper  (*)CopperCu1693923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1693924165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1693922970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2169392144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O169392366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1693921027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1693938173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O169392484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1693927437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1693926890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2169392205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316939214640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)169392111
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O169392341
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)169392197
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O16939275
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)169392581
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1693921487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416939214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216939212537
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)216939234
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O169392915
Nakauriite  (*)NoneCu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O16939212
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O16939280
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1693922994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81693921512
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O169392309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216939239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81693929056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269392,6939361156
Ramazzoite  (*)Not in a structural group[Mg8Cu12(PO4)(CO3)4(OH)24(H2O)20][(H0.33SO4)3(H2O)36]1693921
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O16939248
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2169392454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O169392142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O169392292
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)16939252
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1693922045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21693923337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1693921101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1693924899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]169392237



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