Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Val Pulita Quarry, Torano Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 2167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Val Pulita Quarry, Torano Quarrying Basin, Carrara, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°5'44"N
Longitude: 10°7'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.095555555556,10.122777777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Enargite	Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Malachite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Volborthite	Wurtzite	Zinkenite

Aikinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Celestine ()*
Colusite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Volborthite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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: As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Enargite Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Malachite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Volborthite Wurtzite Zinkenite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	41
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	110
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	155
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	228

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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