Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Ettringite	Fairchildite	Gismondine
Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Ettringite Fairchildite Gismondine
Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	93
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	128
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	62
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	18
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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