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Locality Name:
Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.32
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.033

mindat Locality ID: 8306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry)
Phonolitic Pyroclastic Flow
Pian Di Valle - Nardeci Quarries (Europomice Quarries; Casale Pietrazzoli Quarries)
Poggio Bottinello

Latitude: 42°37'13"N
Longitude: 11°42'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.620277777778,11.704444444444

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	Analcime	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Danburite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Latiumite	Melilite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Afghanite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Clintonite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Davyne ()*	Diopside ()*
Ekanite ()*	Farneseite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franzinite ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Latiumite ()*	Leucite ()*	Liottite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microsommite ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pitiglianoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Tuscanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vishnevite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Baddeleyite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Danburite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Latiumite Melilite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	0.22	0.033	1	72654	25
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.22	0.033	1	72654	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0.22	0.033	2	72654,72657	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.22	0.033	1	72654	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	238
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	0.32	0.033	1	72657	115
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	86
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	0.22	0.033	1	72654	67
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	0.22	0.033	1	72654	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	0.22	0.033	1	72654	498
Davyne ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)_0.5Cl][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	0.22	0.033	1	72654	17
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0.22	0.033	1	72654	4135
Ekanite ()*	Amorphous	Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀	0.22	0.033	1	72654	16
Farneseite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₄₆Ca₁₀(Si₄₂Al₄₂O₁₆₈)(SO₄)₁₂·6H₂O	0.32	0.033	1	72657	4
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0.32	0.033	1	72655	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	9617
Franzinite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₃₀Ca₁₀(Si₃₀Al₃₀)O₁₂₀(SO₄)₁₀·2H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	9
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	0.22	0.033	1	72654	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	0.22	0.033	2	72654,72657	158
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	0.22	0.033	1	72654	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.22	0.033	1	72654	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.22	0.033	1	72654	5433
Latiumite ()*	Latiumite	(Ca,K)₄(Si,Al)₅O₁₁(SO₄,CO₃)	0.22	0.033	1	72654	7
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0.182	0.174	2	72654,72656	233
Liottite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₁₆Ca₈Si₁₈Al₁₈O₇₂(SO₄)₅Cl₄	0.22	0.033	1	72654	7
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.22	0.033	1	72654	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.22	0.033	2	72654,72655	14899
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	0.22	0.033	1	72654	139
Microsommite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	[(Na,K)₆(SO₄)][Ca₂Cl₂][(Si₆Al₆O₂₄)]	0.22	0.033	1	72654	7
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	2273
Pitiglianoite ()*	Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite	K₂Na₆(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.22	0.033	2	72654,72657	6
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.18	0.033	3	72654,72656,72657	598
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0.22	0.033	3	72654,72655,72657	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0.22	0.033	1	72654	458
Tuscanite ()*	None	KCa₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₂(SO₄,CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	10
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1395
Vishnevite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.22	0.033	1	72654	21
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0.22	0.033	1	72654	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0.22	0.033	2	72654,72657	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	0.22	0.033	1	72654	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0127_a	Trachyte from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0128_b	Pumice from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0129_c	Sanidinite from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0130_d	Basal flux unit with pumice from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0131_e	Flux unit with black welded fiamme from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0132_f	Flux unit with black welded fiamme from Casa Collina of the Pitigliano Complex Volcanite
Michelle_0136	Trachyte from the Lower Trachytic Ignimbrite
Michelle_0139	A Pitigliano complex volcanite from Casa Collina
Michelle_0140	A Pitigliano complex volcanite from Casa Collina

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0136	0.32	0.26	0.290±0.03	K-Ar	Age of trachyte	sanidine	VS14	Sanidine	8306	Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Pitigliano	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of trachyte, Phase III - Pre Caldera Ignimbritic Flows
Michelle_0127_a	0.077	0.033	0.055±0.022	K-Ar	Age of trachyte	sanidine		Sanidine	8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of trachyte, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0128_b	0.145	0.089	0.117±0.028	K-Ar	Age of pumice	sanidine		Sanidine	8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of pumice, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0129_c	0.18	0.14	0.160±0.02	K-Ar	Age of sanidinite	sanidine		Sanidine	8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of sanidinite, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0130_d	0.17	0.162	0.166±0.004	K-Ar	Age of basal flux unit with pumice	sanidine	VUL7	Sanidine	8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of basal flux unit with pumice, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0131_e	0.182	0.174	0.178±0.004	K-Ar	Age of flux unit with black welded fiamme	leucite	VUL8	Leucite	8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of flux unit with black welded fiamme, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0132_f	0.1865	0.1775	0.182±0.0045	K-Ar	Age of flux unit with black welded fiamme		VUL8		8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of flux unit with black welded fiamme, Phase II - Post Caldera Ignimbritic flows
Michelle_0139	0.176	0.116	0.146±0.03	Th230	Age of the II Post Caldera Phase	pyroxene, glass			8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Phase II Post-Caldera
Michelle_0140	0.22	0.16	0.190±0.03	Th230	Age of the II Post Caldera Phase	apatite, pyroxene, biotite			8305	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	Casa Collina	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Phase II Post-Caldera

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120045	Case Collina (Toscopomici Quarry), Pitigliano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy	https://rruff.info/R120045

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