Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Racalmuto Saliferous Deposit
Racalmuto Sulphur Mines

Latitude: 37°25'52"N
Longitude: 13°47'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.431111111111,13.788055555556

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.

Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Rocksalt	Sulphur

Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*
Melanophlogite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*

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: C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Carnallite Gypsum Kieserite None Rocksalt Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	71708	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71710	3250
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	2	71706,71707	42
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71710,71711	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	3	71706,71707,71709	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	71710,71711	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	71708,71709,71710	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	71706,71707,71708,71709	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	3	71706,71707,71709	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	2	71706,71707	80
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	2	71710,71711	38
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71706	223
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	71710,71711	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	4	71706,71707,71708,71709	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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