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Locality Name:
Impruneta, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 55756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Impruneta, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Carraie Hill
Falciani Bridge
Nalbi
Sassi Neri-Sodera Area

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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetGypsumKanoneroviteMalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferripyrophyllite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hylbrownite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1730458803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1730461627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3273045,730481534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21730473092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)273046,730471036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1730473250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6173045919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2273045,730475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17304711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4273045,730475516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61730451633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)273045,7304727770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O173047925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S273045,730475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217304527198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl173047203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1730473531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4173048951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81730481756
Copper  (*)CopperCu273045,730473846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1730472970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)173047498
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1730471027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6273045,730474135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16273045,73047300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4173047910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1730478173
Ferripyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteFe3+Si2O5(OH)09
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1730476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4173045407
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH173048367
Hylbrownite  (*)KanoneroviteNa3MgP3O10·12H2O1730482
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3273046,730475433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O173045593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1730461271
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)273046,730471487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417304814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2273045,7304712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21730455674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1730461236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1730452994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3273045,73048495
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2273046,730471898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O0106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273045,7304739462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3273045,73048244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2273045,7304761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21730455614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O0301
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O173045390
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O173045292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17304521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36047
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2373045,73047,730483337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1730471101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O273047,730484899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21730462562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10273045,730481395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)273045,730485251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1730471025



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