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Locality Name:
Futa Pass Area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 63341
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63341.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Futa Pass Area, Firenzuola, Metropolitan City Of Florence, Tuscany, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Monte Beni
Sasso Di Castro

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Co Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGadoliniteGarnetHydrotalciteMalachiteMicaMixiteNonePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calciopetersite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1730248803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3273024,730251534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1730243250
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)173024161
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41730245516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calciopetersite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O1730243
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)273024,7302527770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217302427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1730243531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1730243846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)273024,73025498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1730248173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317302414640
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]032
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417302414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217302412537
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21730241898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217302439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217302461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17302421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21730243337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O273024,730254899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1730245251


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