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Locality Name:
Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 8824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°59'29"N
Longitude: 10°15'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.991388888889,10.258055555556

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Covellite Cubanite Devilline Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite
Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Ullmannite Wurtzite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bottinoite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brandholzite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	27	8	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	27	8	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	27	8	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	27	8	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	27	8	3250
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	27	8	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	27	8	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	27	8	11547
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	27	8	16
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	27	8	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	27	8	1089
Brandholzite ()*	None	MgSb₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	27	8	6
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27	8	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	27	8	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	27	8	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	27	8	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27	8	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	27	8	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	27	8	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	27	8	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	27	8	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	27	8	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	27	8	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27	8	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	27	8	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	27	8	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	27	8	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	27	8	341
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	27	8	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	27	8	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	27	8	230
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	27	8	581
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	27	8	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	27	8	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	27	8	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	27	8	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	27	8	158
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	27	8	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	27	8	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	27	8	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	27	8	1512
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	27	8	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	27	8	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	27	8	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	27	8	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	27	8	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	27	8	5614
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	27	8	179
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	27	8	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	27	8	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	27	8	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	27	8	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	27	8	2045
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	27	8	293
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	27	8	369
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	27	8	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	27	8	5251

1 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-00019	27	8		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Coloradoite, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Rouxelite, Marrucciite	Hg	2165	Buca Della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy		Dini et al. (1995)		EJM7_417

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050444	Bottino Mine, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy	https://rruff.info/R050444

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