Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 2132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Agrigento (Girgenti)
Bivona
Cammarata
Campobello Di Licata
Casteltermini
Cattolica Eraclea (Cattolica)
Cianciana
Comitini
Favara
Licata
Pelagie Islands (Pelagian Islands)
Racalmuto
Ravanusa
Realmonte
San Giovanni Gemini
Sciacca

Latitude: 37°10'46"N
Longitude: 13°33'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.179444444444,13.551111111111

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum
Cristobalite	Epsomite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kieserite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Tridymite

Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bischofite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Niter ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Carnallite Cerite Copper Corundum
Cristobalite Epsomite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Iron Kieserite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Tridymite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71700	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	71689,71715	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71702	1036
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	2	71708,71715	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	11	71676,71686,71688,71690,71691,71692,71693,71694,71695,71700,71710	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	71700,71702	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71693	11547
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	2	71706,71707	42
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	71677,71686,71688,71690,71692,71693,71694,71695,71697,71700,71710,71711,71719	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	3	71706,71707,71709	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	16	71676,71677,71683,71684,71686,71688,71690,71691,71692,71693,71694,71695,71697,71710,71711,71712	1252
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	71678	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	71678	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71700	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71700	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	71678	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	71694	484
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71678	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	22	71677,71682,71683,71684,71686,71688,71689,71690,71691,71692,71693,71694,71697,71702,71708,71709,71710,71712,71715,71717,71718,71719	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	8	71682,71689,71692,71706,71707,71708,71709,71715	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71700	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	71717	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71678	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	71678	1089
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2	71702,71703	179
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	4	71706,71707,71709,71715	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	2	71706,71707	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71702	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	71679	5674
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	3	71695,71710,71711	38
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71706	223
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	71702	884
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	71719	181
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	71715	102
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	71700	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71700,71718	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71702	598
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	16	71676,71677,71683,71684,71686,71688,71690,71691,71692,71693,71694,71695,71697,71710,71711,71712	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	4	71706,71707,71708,71709	275
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	71678	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	71678	1044
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	71678	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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