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Locality Name:
Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.639
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.639

mindat Locality ID: 206036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Santa Rufina

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteClayEttringiteGarnetGismondine
GypsumMicaNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTridymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Khibinskite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merlinoite  (*)Monticellite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0.6390.6391692673250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)0.6390.63916926711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)0.6390.63916926727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20.6390.639169267309
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O60.6390.6391692674135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F0.6390.6391692672740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0.6390.639169267303
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0.6390.639169267128
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O0.6390.6391692676890
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O0.6390.63916926785
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO40.6390.63916926749
Khibinskite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi2O70.6390.6391692676
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O40.6390.63916926714899
Merlinoite  (*)NoneK5Ca2(Si23Al9)O64·24H2O0.6390.63916926717
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0.6390.639169267153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30.6390.639169267495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20.6390.6391692672273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO20.6390.63916926761156
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O120.6390.63916926754
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O40.6390.6391692671934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0.6390.639169267183
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20.6390.639169267458
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O0.6390.63916926712



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000570MAGMATIC STYLE: Small eruptive vent with a 700 m long lava flow which overlies pyroclastic carbonatitic rocks. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lava flow of kalsilite 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_00005700.6390.6390.639Ar-Ar kalsilite, phlogopite     2114Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti, Rieti Province, Lazio, ItalyCupaelloWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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