Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 204766
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204766.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ventotene Island, Latina 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
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: Ca Fe Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NonePyroxeneSpinel

2 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
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)2Si2O62002060
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420014899


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0164_aTrachybasalt
Michelle_0165_bAnc-Trachybasalt
Michelle_0166_cBasalt
Michelle_0167_dScoriae
Michelle_0168_eScoriae
Michelle_0169Basalt
Michelle_0170Basalt
Michelle_0171Pumice
Michelle_0172Pumice
Michelle_0173Basalt


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_0164_a1.761.641.7±0.06K-ArAge of trachybasalt V58    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyParata GrandeFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of trachybasalt
Michelle_0165_b22<2K-ArAge of anc-trachybasalt V83    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyParata GrandeFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of anc-trachybasalt
Michelle_0166_c0.520.440.480±0.04K-ArAge of basalt 5/564    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyParata GrandeFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of basalt
Michelle_0167_d0.190<0.19K-ArAge of Scoriae (biotite)biotite24/598    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyParata GrandeFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of Scoriae (biotite)
Michelle_0168_e0.270<0.27K-ArAge of Scoriae (whole rock) 24/604    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyParata GrandeFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of Scoriae (whole rock)
Michelle_01690.890.730.81±0.08K-ArAge of basalt 1/155    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyCapo ArcoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of basalt
Michelle_01700.610.450.53±0.08K-ArAge of basalt 4/572    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalySemaforoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of basalt
Michelle_01710.150<0.15K-ArAge of pumicebiotite25/599    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyS. of MontagnozzoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of pumice
Michelle_01720.150<0.15K-ArAge of pumicebiotite26/600    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyMontagnozzoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of pumice
Michelle_01730.130<0.13K-ArAge of basalt 6/603    204766Ventotene Island, Latina Province, Lazio, ItalyRomanello d.B.Fornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of basalt

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