Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Faraglione Nico (Faraglione Piccolo; Faragghiune Nicu), 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: 171296
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-171296.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faraglione Nico (Faraglione Piccolo; Faragghiune Nicu), 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": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grotta Dell'Allume

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Fe H Mg N Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAmorphousAragoniteAubertiteChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteMelanterite
MetavoltineMillosevichiteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteRhabdophaneSulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Alum-(Na)  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aubertite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)Kalinite  (*)
Krausite  (*)Magnesioaubertite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mendozite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Millosevichite  (*)Opal  (*)Pertlikite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)
Sassolite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Yavapaiite  (*)Zaherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O17181192
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O17181112
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O1718115
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O171811272
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1718113250
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O17181113
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O17181182
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O030
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O171811925
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O171811382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O171811136
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1718116890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O171811409
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O17181112
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O17181154
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O17181121
Magnesioaubertite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O1718114
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O171811915
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O17181128
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O17181178
Millosevichite  (*)MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)317181120
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1718112994
Pertlikite  (*)VoltaiteK2(Fe2+,Mg)2(Mg,Fe3+)4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O1718114
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O171811265
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl171811105
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)3031
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O073
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O17181187
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)171811299
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O171811111
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)21718118
Zaherite  (*)NoneAl12(SO4)5(OH)26·20H2O1718113


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070601Grotta Dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico (Faraglione Piccolo; Faragghiune Nicu), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070601

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