Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 155663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trapani Province, Sicily, Italy": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aegadian Islands (Favignana)
Calatafimi Segesta (Calatafimi)
Castellammare Del Golfo
Custonaci
Pantelleria Island
Trapani

Latitude: 37°59'19"N
Longitude: 12°25'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.988611111111,12.424166666667

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum
None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Sulphur	Taranakite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*
Opal ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*
Taranakite ()*	Tuhualite ()*	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 C Ca 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 Amphibole Analcime Apatite Calcioferrite Calcite Corundum Feldspar Gypsum
None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Sulphur Taranakite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	71904	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	2	71904,71905	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71904	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	71904	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71904	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71904	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71904	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	71894,71898,71900,71901,71903,71908	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	71900	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71904	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71897	9895
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	71904	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	71904	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	71904	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	71898,71900,71901,71908	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	71904	741
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	2	71900,71901	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71904	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71904	14899
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	1	71900	44
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71904	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71904	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71904	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71904	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	71904,71906	2045
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	71901	57
Tuhualite ()*	None	NaFe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₆O₁₅	1	71904	6
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71904	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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