Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Piancastagnaio, Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.29
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 57898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piancastagnaio, Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Abetina Mine
Le Solforate Mine
Siele Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Montroydite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Cu Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite Sulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	1	73174	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.29	1	73175	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	2600
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.29	2	73175,73176	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.29	1	73175	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	0.29	1	73176	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	0.29	2	73175,73176	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0.29	1	73176	1066
Montroydite ()*	None	HgO	0.29	1	73176	29
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.29	3	73174,73175,73176	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.29	1	73175	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00103	0.29	0	0.29-0.18							Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Montroydite	Hg	53078	Amiata Mt., Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy	Mount Amiata	Bigazzi et al. (1981)	10.1007/BF02600577	BV44_455

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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