Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Borzonasca, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 56581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borzonasca, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Mt. Aiona
Mt. Bregaceto
Mt. Ramaceto
Ripa Della Fugaia
Rocca Marsa

Latitude: 44°27'2"N
Longitude: 9°23'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.450555555556,9.3838888888889

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Langite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
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: Ag Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	69333,69334	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	69334	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	69334,69335	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69334	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	69334,69336	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	69333	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	69336	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	69333	8173
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	69337	593
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	69336	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	69334	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69333	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	69334,69336,69337	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	69336	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	69333,69334,69336	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	69336	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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