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Locality Name:
Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.45
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.04

mindat Locality ID: 267434
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267434.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Pyroxene
Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Ludwigite Malachite None Pyroxene
Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sodalite ()*	Vonsenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.45	0.04	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.45	0.04	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0.45	0.04	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.45	0.04	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.45	0.04	5433
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0.41	0.37	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.45	0.04	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.45	0.04	12537
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0.45	0.04	884
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.45	0.04	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	0.45	0.04	444
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	0.45	0.04	62

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0221_a	Tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0222_b	Tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0223	Leucitite
Michelle_0224	Leucitite
Michelle_0225	Lc-alkalibasalt
Michelle_0226	Tephritic leucitite, locality appears to be a creek near Pofi

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0221_a	0.41	0.39	0.400±0.01	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite	leucite	Er-5	Leucite	267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	Pofi, highway	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0222_b	0.39	0.35	0.370±0.07	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite		Er-5		267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	Pofi, highway	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0223	0.45	0.41	0.430±0.08	K-Ar	Age of Leucitite		S14		267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	Pofi	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Leucitite
Michelle_0224	0.16	0.1	0.130±0.03	K-Ar	Age of Leucitite		S22		267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	Cle Vitelli (Pofi)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Leucitite
Michelle_0225	0.12	0.04	0.080±0.04	K-Ar	Age of Lc-alkalibasalt		S18		267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	P.zo Colonnello (Pofi)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Lc-alkalibasalt
Michelle_0226	0.41	0.37	0.390±0.02	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite	leucite	Er-3	Leucite	267434	Pofi, Frosinone Province, Lazio, Italy	P.zo Meringo (Pofi)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite

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