Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Basilicata, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 132158
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132158.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basilicata, Italy": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Matera Province
Potenza Province

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

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Ettringite	Fairchildite	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Ettringite Fairchildite Feldspar Gismondine Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	68567	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	68564	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68567	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68567,68569,68570	27770
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	68564	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	68567,68569	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68569	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	68567	944
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	68567	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	68569	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	68569	1188
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	68567	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	3	68566,68567,68569	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	68567	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	68567	62
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	68569	367
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	5591
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1	68569	37
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	2	68566,68567	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	68567	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68564	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	68567	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68570	254
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	68567	884
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	2	68567,68569	18
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	68567	2994
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	68567,68569	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	68567	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68561,68570	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	68567	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	68556,68557,68558,68560,68561,68562,68564,68570	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	68569	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	68567	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	68567,68569	1934
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	68567	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	68567	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	68567	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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