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Locality Name:
Vallone Toppo Di Lupo, Melfi, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 132156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallone Toppo Di Lupo, Melfi, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°57'55"N
Longitude: 15°36'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.965277777778,15.605
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumEttringiteFairchilditeGismondine
KaoliniteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSodaliteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nyerereite  (*)
Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)0158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O062
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)2018
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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