Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Vispi Quarry (incl. Celli; Pian Di Celle Volcano), San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.265

mindat Locality ID: 16163
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16163.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vispi Quarry (incl. Celli; Pian Di Celle Volcano), San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°51'44"N
Longitude: 12°15'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.862222222222,12.265555555556

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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb REE S Si Sr Ti V Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteApophylliteAragoniteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyrite
CorundumCubaniteDjerfisheriteEttringiteFluoriteGismondineGünterblassiteHarmotomeMeliliteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRhodesiteRocksaltSapphirine
SpinelThomsoniteTridymiteWurtziteWöhlerite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)Bario-olgite  (*)Bartonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorbartonite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Delhayelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Götzenite  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Hillesheimite  (*)Hiortdahlite  (*)Hydrodelhayelite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Khibinskite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Olgite  (*)Opal  (*)Panunzite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhodesite  (*)Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Umbrianite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O60.2650.26501022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]0.2650.2650133
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O70.2650.265050
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0.2650.26503250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20.2650.2650295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O60.2650.26502060
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F20.2650.265016
Bario-olgite  (*)AphthitaliteNa(Na,Sr,Ce)2Ba(PO4)20.2650.26502
Bartonite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6Fe20S26S0.2650.26505
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)0.2650.265027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0.2650.2650310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS20.2650.265027198
Chlorbartonite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6Fe24S26Cl0.2650.26507
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30.2650.2650802
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F40.2650.265067
Delhayelite  (*)RhodesiteK7Na3Ca5Al2Si14O38F4Cl20.2650.26509
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O60.2650.26504135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl0.2650.265060
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F0.2650.26502740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0.2650.2650303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20.2650.26509617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F20.2650.265047
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)0.2650.26501188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS0.2650.265024243
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0.2650.2650128
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F20.2650.265027
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O0.2650.26504
Hillesheimite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,   )2(Mg,Fe,Ca,   )2[(Si,Al)13O23(OH)6](OH)·8H2O0.2650.26502
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF30.2650.265021
Hydrodelhayelite  (*)NoneKCa2(Si7Al)O17(OH)2·6H2O0.2650.26504
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O0.2650.265085
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O30.2650.26505433
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO40.2650.265049
Khibinskite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi2O70.2650.26506
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)0.2650.265033
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0.2650.2650233
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O40.2650.265098
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O40.2650.265014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0.2650.2650153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0.2650.2650884
Olgite  (*)Aphthitalite(Ba,Sr)(Na,Sr,REE)2Na(PO4)20.2650.26504
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0.2650.26502994
Panunzite  (*)NoneK3Na(AlSiO4)40.2650.26502
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S80.2650.26501512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30.2650.2650495
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O0.2650.265075
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80.2650.26509056
Rhodesite  (*)RhodesiteKHCa2Si8O19·5H2O0.2650.265011
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O40.2650.26501934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0.2650.2650183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0.2650.2650452
Umbrianite  (*)Not in a structural groupK7Na2Ca2[Al3Si10O29]F2Cl20.2650.26502
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0.2650.2650605
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O0.2650.265012



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000564MAGMATIC STYLE: A small cone, two maars and a tuff ring ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Crystal and lapilli tuffs of phonolitic and melilitic composions and containing leucite. Lava flows consist of kamafugite (kalsilite-phlogopite-olivine-leucite melilitite).


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_00005640.2650.2650.265Ar-Ar    Yes  279777San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, ItalySan VenanzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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