Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Pelagie Islands (Pelagian Islands), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 206412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pelagie Islands (Pelagian Islands), Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lampedusa (Lampedusa Island)
Lampione (Lampione Island)
Linosa (Linosa Island)

Latitude: 35°38'36"N
Longitude: 12°34'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.643333333333,12.581388888889

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	None	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tridymite

Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Garnet Gypsum None Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tridymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71700	2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71702	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71700	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	71700,71702	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71700	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71700	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71700	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71702	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71700	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2	71702,71703	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71702	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	71702	884
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	71700	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71700	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71702	598

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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