Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 4499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Fossa Crater
Porto Levante
Vulcanello

Latitude: 38°23'59"N
Longitude: 14°57'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.399722222222,14.959722222222

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.

Adranosite	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Aubertite
Baryte	Blödite	Chalcanthite	Copiapite	Copper	Coquimbite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Dansite	Demicheleite
Görgeyite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kobellite	Larderellite	Lillianite	Lucabindiite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Matlockite
Melanterite	Metavoltine	Millosevichite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Picromerite	Pyracmonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sabieite	Santite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur
Tamarugite	Thermessaite	Tridymite	Voltaite	Vurroite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: F Fe Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adranosite Alum Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arcanite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Aubertite
Baryte Blödite Chalcanthite Copiapite Copper Coquimbite Corundum Cristobalite Dansite Demicheleite
Görgeyite Gypsum Halotrichite Kobellite Larderellite Lillianite Lucabindiite Ludwigite Malachite Matlockite
Melanterite Metavoltine Millosevichite None Not in a structural group Olivine Picromerite Pyracmonite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sabieite Santite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur
Tamarugite Thermessaite Tridymite Voltaite Vurroite Wurtzite

124 IMA Minerals at location:

Acmonidesite ()*	Adranosite ()*	Adranosite-(Fe) ()*	Aiolosite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*
Alum-(Na) ()*	Aluminocoquimbite ()*	Aluminopyracmonite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*
Amarillite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argesite ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aubertite ()*	Augite ()*	Avogadrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Balićžunićite ()*	Barberiite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bassanite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Blödite ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Brontesite ()*	Campostriniite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Challacolloite ()*	Clinometaborite ()*	Sulphur-β ()*
Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Cossaite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Demartinite ()*	Demicheleite-(Br) ()*	Demicheleite-(Cl) ()*	Demicheleite-(I) ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Gearksutite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Godovikovite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hephaistosite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Hieratite ()*	Hydrobasaluminite ()*	Kalinite ()*	Kirkiite ()*	Knasibfite ()*
Kogarkoite ()*	Krausite ()*	Kremersite ()*	Lafossaite ()*	Larderellite ()*
Leguernite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Lucabindiite ()*	Magnesioaubertite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Metaborite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Millosevichite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molysite ()*	Mozgovaite ()*
Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*	Panichiite ()*	Pertlikite ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pseudocotunnite ()*	Pyracmonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rosickýite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Santite ()*	Sassolite ()*	Selenium ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Steropesite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Thénardite ()*	Therasiaite ()*	Thermessaite ()*	Thermessaite-(NH₄) ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tschermigite ()*	Vlodavetsite ()*	Voltaite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Vurroite ()*
Wittite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Yavapaiite ()*	Zaherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acmonidesite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄,K,Pb,Na)₉Fe²⁺₄(SO₄)₅Cl₈	1	71807	1
Adranosite ()*	Adranosite	(NH₄)₄NaAl₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	1	71807	4
Adranosite-(Fe) ()*	Adranosite	(NH₄)₄NaFe₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	1	71807	6
Aiolosite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Na₂Bi)(SO₄)₃Cl	1	71807	1
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	5	71807,71809,71811,71812,71813	92
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	71807,71811	12
Aluminocoquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	Al₂Fe₂(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·9H₂O	1	71811	5
Aluminopyracmonite ()*	Pyracmonite	(NH₄)₃Al(SO₄)₃	1	71807	3
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71807	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	5	71807,71809,71810,71811,71812	272
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	71812	6
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	71807	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	71807,71809,71810,71811	3250
Argesite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄)₇Bi₃Cl₁₆	1	71807	1
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	71807	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71807	9052
Aubertite ()*	Aubertite	Cu²⁺Al(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	1	71811	13
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71807	2060
Avogadrite ()*	Baryte	KBF₄	1	71807	3
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71807	5509
Balićžunićite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)₂	1	71807	1
Barberiite ()*	Baryte	(NH₄)BF₄	1	71807	3
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71807	11547
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	71811	82
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	1	71807	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	71807	1935
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	71812	130
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	2	71807,71810	30
Brontesite ()*	None	(NH₄)₃PbCl₅	1	71807	1
Campostriniite ()*	Görgeyite	(Bi_2.5Na_0.5)(NH₄)₂Na₂(SO₄)₆·H₂O	1	71807	1
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	1	71807	41
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	2	71810,71811	925
Challacolloite ()*	None	KPb₂Cl₅	1	71807	7
Clinometaborite ()*	None	HBO₂	1	71807	1
Sulphur-β ()*	None	S	1	71807	5
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	71810,71811	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	2	71810,71811	136
Cossaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Mg_0.5, )Al₆(SO₄)₆(HSO₄)F₆·36H₂O	1	71807	1
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	71807	54
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71807	453
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Fe(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	1	71807	2
Demartinite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	1	71807	1
Demicheleite-(Br) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSBr	1	71807	1
Demicheleite-(Cl) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSCl	1	71807	1
Demicheleite-(I) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSI	1	71807	2
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	71807	371
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	71807	25
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	0		84
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71807	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	71807	192
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	1	71807	68
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	71807	137
Godovikovite ()*	Sabieite	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂	1	71807	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	71807	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	71807,71809,71810,71811,71813	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	71807	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	3	71811,71812,71813	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71807	14640
Hephaistosite ()*	None	TlPb₂Cl₅	1	71807	1
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	71807	66
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	1	71807	7
Hydrobasaluminite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·15H₂O	1	71811	12
Kalinite ()*	None	KAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	71811	54
Kirkiite ()*	None	Pb₁₀Bi₃As₃S₁₉	1	71807	3
Knasibfite ()*	None	K₃Na₄(SiF₆)₃(BF₄)	1	71807	1
Kogarkoite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)F	0		14
Krausite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	71811	21
Kremersite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	71807	12
Lafossaite ()*	None	TlCl	1	71807	5
Larderellite ()*	Larderellite	(NH₄)B₅O₇(OH)₂·H₂O	1	71807	2
Leguernite ()*	None	Bi_12.67O₁₄(SO₄)₅	1	71807	1
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	71807	128
Lucabindiite ()*	Lucabindiite	(K,NH₄)As₄O₆(Cl,Br)	1	71807	4
Magnesioaubertite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	2	71811,71812	4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71807	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	71807,71813	12537
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	71807	61
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	71807,71810,71811	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	71811	28
Metaborite ()*	None	HBO₂	1	71807	4
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	4	71807,71811,71812,71813	78
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃	2	71810,71811	20
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71807	223
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	1	71807	12
Mozgovaite ()*	None	PbBi₄S₇	1	71807	2
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71807	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	71807,71810,71811,71813	2994
Panichiite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂SnCl₆	1	71807	1
Pertlikite ()*	Voltaite	K₂(Fe²⁺,Mg)₂(Mg,Fe³⁺)₄Fe³⁺₂Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	71811	4
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	6	71807,71809,71810,71811,71812,71813	265
Pseudocotunnite ()*	None	K₂PbCl₄ (?)	1	71807	2
Pyracmonite ()*	Pyracmonite	(NH₄)₃Fe(SO₄)₃	1	71807	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71807	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	71807	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71807	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	71807	177
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	71807	712
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	1	71807	22
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	71807	293
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	4	71807,71809,71810,71811	105
Santite ()*	Santite	KB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	71807	3
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	2	71807,71810	31
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	71807	143
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	71810	73
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71807	21482
Steropesite ()*	None	Tl₃BiCl₆	1	71807	1
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	71807,71809,71810,71813	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	71807	275
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	4	71810,71811,71812,71813	87
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	71807	190
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	71807,71811	299
Therasiaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄)₃KNa₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃Cl₅	1	71807	1
Thermessaite ()*	Thermessaite	K₂AlF₃(SO₄)	1	71807	2
Thermessaite-(NH₄) ()*	Thermessaite	(NH₄)₂AlF₃(SO₄)	1	71807	2
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	71807	458
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	71807	81
Vlodavetsite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(SO₄)₂F₂Cl·4H₂O	1	71807	2
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	3	71810,71811,71813	111
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	71807	62
Vurroite ()*	Vurroite	Pb₂₀Sn₂(Bi,As)₂₂S₅₄Cl₆	1	71807	1
Wittite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀(S,Se)₂₃	1	71807	15
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	71807	372
Yavapaiite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	1	71811	8
Zaherite ()*	None	Al₁₂(SO₄)₅(OH)₂₆·20H₂O	1	71811	3

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070542	Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070542
R070069	Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070069
R130008	La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130008
R060344	Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060344
R070601	Grotta Dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico (Faraglione Piccolo; Faragghiune Nicu), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070601

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