Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Aci Trezza (Acitrezza), Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 61107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aci Trezza (Acitrezza), Aci Castello, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cyclopean Islands (Cyclopean Isles)

Latitude: 37°33'36"N
Longitude: 15°9'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.56,15.165555555556

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chabazite	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Thomsonite

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chabazite Feldspar Natrolite None Pyroxene Spinel Thomsonite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-K ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	71748,71749	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	71747,71748,71749	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71747	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	71748,71749	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71747,71748,71749	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	71747	30
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	0		167
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	71748,71749	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	71748,71749	1236
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	71747	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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