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Locality Name:
Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 132157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Albano Di Lucania
Campomaggiore
Corleto Perticara
Lagonegro
Melfi
Rionero In Vulture
Tolve

Latitude: 40°52'13"N
Longitude: 15°45'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.870277777778,15.752222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteBaryteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumDiaspore
EttringiteFairchilditeFeldsparGismondineGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lazurite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nyerereite  (*)
Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61685672060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21685645509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16856711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)668560,68561,68562,68567,68569,6857027770
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1685642970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4468560,68561,68562,68570651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6268567,685694135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21685699895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6168567944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O16856793
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1685692740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1685691188
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O168567128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)468560,68561,68562,685707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O468560,68561,68562,685706890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)368566,68567,68569158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316856714640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O16856762
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH168569367
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4468560,68561,68562,685705591
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O16856937
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)268566,68567233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416856714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216856412537
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)168567153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O468560,68561,68562,685701508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2468560,68561,68562,6857017380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6468560,68561,68562,68570254
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)168567884
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)2268567,6856918
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1685672994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3268567,68569495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21685672273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2268561,6857039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81685679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2568560,68561,68562,68564,6857061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)168569598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1685676417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4268567,685691934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O168567183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1685674899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1685675251



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