Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rocca Predellara Quarry (Tosca Quarry), Varsi, Ceno Valley, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 73037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rocca Predellara Quarry (Tosca Quarry), Varsi, Ceno Valley, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Millerite	None
Pyrite	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Millerite None
Pyrite Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	106

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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