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:
Amiata Mt., Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 59201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Amiata Mt., Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Castell'Azzara
Santa Fiora

Latitude: 42°49'5"N
Longitude: 11°31'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.818055555556,11.525833333333

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Stibnite ()*	Vaesite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Millerite None Orpiment Pyrite
Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

19 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.29	4	72544,72545,72546,72547	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0.29	2	72545,72546	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0.29	5	72543,72544,72545,72546,72547	2600
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.29	2	72545,72546	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0.29	3	72544,72545,72546	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0.29	1	72544	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	0.29	1	72545	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.29	2	72545,72546	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0.29	3	72545,72546,72547	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	0.29	2	72546,72547	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	0.29	1	72546	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0.29	2	72545,72546	1066
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.29	1	72545	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0.29	2	72544,72546	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.29	4	72544,72545,72546,72547	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.29	3	72544,72545,72546	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0.29	2	72544,72546	712
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	0.29	1	72544	3418
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	0.29	2	72545,72546	106

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0138	Base flux unit, white pumices from the Lower Trachytic Ignimbrite

2 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-00108	0.29	0	0.29-0.18									Cinnabar, Montroydite	Hg	59201	Amiata Mt., Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Mount Amiata	Bigazzi et al. (1981)	10.1007/BF02600577	BV44_455
	Michelle_0138	0.286	0.27	0.278±0.008	K-Ar	Age of base flux unit, white pumice		sanidine	VUL3			Sanidine			2149	Castell'Azzara, Amiata Mt., Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Castellazzara	Fornaseri (1985)		RDSIMF40_73	Age of base flux unit, white pumice, Phase III - Pre Caldera Ignimbritic Flows

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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