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Locality Name:
Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 146140
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146140.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 33
Child Localities:
Altavilla Milicia
Altofonte (Parco)
Belmonte Mezzagno
Bisacquino
Blufi
Caccamo
Caltavuturo (Caltabuturo)
Carini
Cefalà Diana
Cefalù
Cerda
Ciminna
Collesano (Golisano)
Contessa Entellina
Giuliana
Isnello
Lercara Friddi
Marineo
Mezzojuso
Misilmeri
Monreale
Montelepre
Palermo
Partinico
Petralia Soprana
Polizzi Generosa
Roccamena
Santa Cristina Gela
Scillato
Sclafani Bagni
Termini Imerese
Trabia
Ventimiglia Di Sicilia

Latitude: 37°49'47"N
Longitude: 13°58'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.829722222222,13.9725
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 Cl F Fe H Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dickite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanophlogite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)471840,71846,71847,718803250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)671846,71847,71861,71862,71879,7188011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1171840,71846,71847,71850,71853,71859,71860,71861,71862,71869,7188027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1718621252
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4171880651
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2471846,71847,71879,718809617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1718617437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O771854,71855,71858,71862,71874,71878,718826890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1718721398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317186114640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2371848,71873,718785674
Melanophlogite  (*)NoneC2H17O5·Si46O9217186238
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2371848,71873,7187839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22871837,71838,71839,71842,71845,71846,71847,71848,71849,71851,71852,71856,71859,71860,71861,71863,71864,71865,71866,71867,71868,71870,71875,71876,71877,71878,71880,7188161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1718616417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS371855,71862,718822045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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