Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Castiglione Chiavarese, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 56360
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56360.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castiglione Chiavarese, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Acquafredda Mine
Bargonasco Stream
Burrone Di Vallegrande
Campegli
Fiume
Missano
Mt. Loreto Mine
Mt. Pu
Spine Valley

Latitude: 44°16'59"N
Longitude: 9°29'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.283055555556,9.4902777777778

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	Aragonite	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Thomsonite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Datolite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Heulandite-Sr ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Valleriite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au B C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Braunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum Heulandite Malachite Marcasite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Thomsonite Valleriite Vesuvianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	69365	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	69371	470
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69365	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	69362	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	69365	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	69361,69365	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	69361,69363,69371	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	69372	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	69365	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	69361,69365,69368,69372	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	69365	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	69361	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	69361,69363,69365,69371,69372	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	69362	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	69365	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	69362	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	69362	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	69367,69371	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	69371	4165
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	69373	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	69361,69362	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	69361,69365,69366,69367,69368,69371,69372	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	69371	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	69365	6890
Heulandite-Sr ()*	Heulandite	(Sr,Ca,Na)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·24H₂O	1	69365	9
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	69365	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	69365	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	69363	1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	69362	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	69362	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	69361,69362,69365	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	69370	5674
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	69371	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	69361,69362,69365,69367,69371	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	69365	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	69361,69362,69365,69369,69370,69372	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	69372	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69362	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	69361,69365,69368,69371,69372	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	69365	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	69365	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	69365	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	69361,69362	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	69373	452
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	69371	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	69362	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	69362	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070272	Campegli Mine (Sant'Elena Mine), Campegli, Castiglione Chiavarese, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070272

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