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Locality Name:
Levanto, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 63327
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63327.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Levanto, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Costa Sopramare (Cantarana Valley)
Punta Gone

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChabaziteChalcopyriteFeldsparGadoliniteHeulanditeLévyneMalachiteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneSphaleriteStilbiteThomsonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Malachite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1695778803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O169577310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216957827198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)169577498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61695774135
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O169577246
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O16957742
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1695771236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21695771898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O169577106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216957739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81695779056
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O169577390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16957721482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O169577268
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O169577452



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