Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Imperia Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Imperia Province, Liguria, Italy": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Apricale
Badalucco
Castel Vittorio
Diano Arentino
Dolcedo
Imperia
Isolabona
Molini Di Triora
Montegrosso Pian Latte
Ospedaletti
Pieve Di Teco
Pompeiana
Pornassio
Sanremo
Taggia
Terzorio
Triora
Vasia
Ventimiglia

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Marcasite None Orpiment
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69538	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	69526,69531	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	69512,69516,69523,69526,69528,69531,69537	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	69531	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	69528	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	69512,69538	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	69521,69528,69529,69531	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	69517	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	69524	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	69531	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	69510	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	69531	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	69508,69517,69520,69534	5674
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	69524	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	69508,69510,69515,69516,69517,69518,69524,69528,69529,69531	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	69523	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	69507,69509,69511,69513,69517,69531,69533,69534,69536	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	69524	712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	69528	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	69531	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	69528,69531	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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