Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Genova, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Aggio
Bavari
Borzoli
Cerusa Stream
Creto
Dente Mt.
Erzelli
Livellato
Pian Della Biscia
Punta Martin
Rio Branega
Rio Luvego
San Desiderio
Sestri Ponente
Val Bisagno
Varenna Valley
Vesima
Voltri

Latitude: 44°27'11"N
Longitude: 8°50'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.453055555556,8.8386111111111

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Anthonyite	Apatite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Artinite	Atacamite
Auricupride	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Claringbullite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Epsomite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite
Ktenasite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Thomsonite	Titanite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite
Woodwardite	Wurtzite

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Anthonyite Apatite Aragonite Ardennite Artinite Atacamite
Auricupride Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chabazite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Claringbullite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Epsomite Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Humite Hydrotalcite Ilvaite Kaolinite
Ktenasite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Talc Thomsonite Titanite Valleriite Vesuvianite Vivianite
Woodwardite Wurtzite

127 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*
Artinite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Ashoverite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Callaghanite ()*	Calumetite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Claringbullite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diaboleite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Gahnite ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Jadeite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Laurionite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nakauriite ()*	Nantokite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nealite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Paratacamite ()*
Penfieldite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Portlandite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramazzoite ()*	Reevesite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Willemite ()*	Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	69421	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			5	69393,69398,69409,69415,69418	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	69421	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	69402	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	69412	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	69392	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄			1	69392	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			5	69392,69405,69412,69415,69416	3250
Ardennite-(As) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(AsO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆			1	69413	34
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆			1	69413	11
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	69392	75
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	69392	143
Ashoverite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂			1	69412	6
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	69412	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	69391	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	69392	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	69392	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	69417	49
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	69412	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	69392,69412	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			2	69392,69409	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			2	69392,69409	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	69391,69392,69398,69402,69405,69408,69409,69412,69415,69418	27770
Callaghanite ()*	None	Cu₂Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	69392,69412	9
Calumetite ()*	Anthonyite	CaCu₄(OH)₈Cl₂·3.5H₂O			1	69412	11
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	69412	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O			2	69409,69415	310
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	69392	925
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	69412	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	69392,69403	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	69392	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	69392,69409	951
Claringbullite ()*	Claringbullite	Cu²⁺₄FCl(OH)₆			1	69412	13
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	69413	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	69418,69419	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			3	69394,69418,69419	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	69394,69409,69415,69416	1025
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	69412	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	69392,69396,69412	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	69392	4165
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			1	69412	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	69392,69412	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	69392	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	69392	366
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			1	69412	57
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	69392	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			5	69394,69397,69409,69418,69419	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			6	69391,69393,69397,69398,69418,69421	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	69392	484
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			1	69412	445
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	69405,69417,69421	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	69392,69412	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	69403	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	69418	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	69392,69412	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	69409	52
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			1	69392	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			4	69391,69392,69398,69409	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)			1	69392	111
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O			1	69412	30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	69412	201
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)			1	69412	12
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			2	69392,69416	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	69398,69418	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)			2	69392,69418	197
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			3	69414,69417,69421	154
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O			1	69392	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	69412	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	69394	1271
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	69412	49
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	69412	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			2	69392,69412	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	69412	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	69392	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			9	69392,69394,69395,69398,69405,69409,69415,69418,69419	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	69392,69412	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	69389,69390,69404	5674
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	69392	34
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	69392	915
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			1	69412	55
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	69398	17380
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O			1	69392	12
Nantokite ()*	Sphalerite	CuCl			1	69412	35
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	69402	1236
Nealite ()*	None	Pb₄Fe(AsO₃)₂Cl₄·2H₂O	0	0	1	69412	10
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	69392	80
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	69421	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	69392,69409	2994
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	69412	46
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆			1	69412	158
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			1	69412	22
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	69392	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	69415	495
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	69412	142
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	69413	260
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	69412	51
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			2	69392,69412	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	69394,69398	1898
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	69412	33
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	69392,69402,69408,69409,69415,69418,69419	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	69413	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	69392,69403	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	69392,69393,69398	61156
Ramazzoite ()*	Not in a structural group	[Mg₈Cu₁₂(PO₄)(CO₃)₄(OH)₂₄(H₂O)₂₀][(H_0.33SO₄)₃(H₂O)₃₆]			1	69392	1
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	69392	48
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	69392	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	69421	5614
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			2	69392,69412	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	69392,69412	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	69412	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			1	69412	105
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	69413	1214
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)			1	69392	52
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	69408	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	69392	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	69392	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	69392,69412	1101
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	69412	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	69402	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			6	69391,69392,69397,69398,69418,69419	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	69413	433
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]			1	69392	237
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	69409	605
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			6	69394,69397,69400,69415,69418,69419	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	69412	636
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	69412	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	69412	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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