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:
Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aci Castello
Acireale (Aci Reale)
Belpasso
Biancavilla
Mt Etna
Santa Maria Di Licodia

Latitude: 37°37'53"N
Longitude: 14°59'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.631388888889,14.987222222222

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.

Allophane	Alum	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Atacamite
Blödite	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Mica
Natrolite	None	Olivine	Picromerite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel
Sulphur	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Warwickite	Zircon

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 As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Se Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arcanite Atacamite
Blödite Brucite Calcite Chabazite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome Mica
Natrolite None Olivine Picromerite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine Spinel
Sulphur Thomsonite Tridymite Warwickite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*
Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Blödite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Erythrosiderite ()*	Faujasite-Na ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kremersite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Molysite ()*	Natrite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Natron ()*	Opal ()*
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhönite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sanidine ()*	Selenium ()*
Sellaite ()*	Siderazot ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tridymite ()*	Trona ()*	Tschermigite ()*
Yuanfuliite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	71754	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	71748,71749,71754	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	71755	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71756	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	4	71746,71747,71748,71749	1627
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	71755	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71746,71747,71751	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	71757	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	5	71748,71749,71754,71755,71757	2060
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	71756	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	71746,71747,71748,71749,71750,71751,71758	27770
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	71747	30
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	71750	66
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71754	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	71754	944
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	71755	7
Faujasite-Na ()*	None	(Na,Ca,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	1	71750	10
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71754	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	71754	9617
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1	71754	27
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	1	71754	24
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	71754	47
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71755	1188
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	71746,71750	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	71750,71755,71758	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	71756	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	71754,71756,71757	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	71755	179
Kremersite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	71755	12
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	71755	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	71755	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	71748,71749,71757	14899
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	71755	61
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	71750	425
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71756	223
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	1	71755	12
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	1	71755	19
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	71748,71749	1236
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	71755	51
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71759	2994
Phillipsite-Na ()*	Harmotome	Na₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	71750	27
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	71756	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	71756	102
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	1	71758	51
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	71754	164
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	71755	712
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	71755	47
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	71755	105
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	71754,71755	598
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	71755	143
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	1	71755	46
Siderazot ()*	None	Fe₃N_1.33	1	71755	4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	71755	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	71755,71756	275
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	71756	1101
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	3	71755,71756,71758	299
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	71746,71747,71750	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	71754	458
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	71756	129
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	71755	81
Yuanfuliite ()*	Warwickite	Mg(Fe³⁺,Al)O(BO₃)	1	71754	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71754	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070128	Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070128
R061108	Monti Rossi, Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R061108

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