Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Faraglione Ranni (Faraglione Grande; Faragghiune Ranni), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 171295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faraglione Ranni (Faraglione Grande; Faragghiune Ranni), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alum	Aubertite	Blödite	Halotrichite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Tamarugite

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aubertite Blödite Halotrichite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Tamarugite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(K) ()*	Alunogen ()*	Amarillite ()*	Blödite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Magnesioaubertite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Tamarugite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	92
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Amarillite ()*	Tamarugite	NaFe³⁺(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	6
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Magnesioaubertite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂Cl·14H₂O	4
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	78
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	87

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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