Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mezzanego, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 59227
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59227.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mezzanego, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bocco Pass
Cascine
Mt. Rocchetta

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.

Brookite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

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 Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Serpentine Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Antigorite ()*	Brookite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	69451	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	69449	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	69451	708
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	69449	700
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	69450	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	69451	4135
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	69451	407
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	69451	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	69451	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	69450	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	69451	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	69449	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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