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Locality Name:
Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 2079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Biachella Valley
Mt. Solforoso

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 Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O REE S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAlumAnalcimeBaddeleyiteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHellanditeKaoliniteMarcasiteMeliliteMicaNone
PyroxeneScapoliteSodaliteSpinelSulphurTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Biachellaite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Davyne  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Franzinite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Giuseppettite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)
Kalinite  (*)Kaliophilite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kircherite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Liottite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marinellite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Merlinoite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sacrofanite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)Tuscanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl6025
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O716924650
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)169246706
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O16924792
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31692461534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1692461036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61692462060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2169246238
Biachellaite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite(Na,Ca,K)8(Si6Al6O24)(SO4)2(OH)0.5·H2O1692461
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16924627770
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]16924617
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61692464135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21692469617
Franzinite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)30Ca10(Si30Al30)O120(SO4)10·2H2O09
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7169246114
Giuseppettite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa42K16Ca6Si48Al48O192(SO4)10Cl2·5H2O1692463
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1692476890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O169247409
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)169246158
Hellandite-(Ce)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Ce2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)21692468
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O16924754
Kaliophilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO41692468
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO416924649
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41692475591
Kircherite  (*)Cancrinite[Na5Ca2K](Si6Al6O24)(SO4)2·0.33H2O1692461
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)169246233
Liottite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa16Ca8Si18Al18O72(SO4)5Cl41692467
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21692475674
Marinellite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa42Ca6Al36Si36O144(SO4)8Cl2·6H2O1692463
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)169246176
Merlinoite  (*)NoneK5Ca2(Si23Al9)O64·24H2O16924617
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Sacrofanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na61K19Ca32)Σ=112(Si84Al84O336)(SO4)26Cl2F6·2H2O1692463
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)169246598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl169246444
Stillwellite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCeBSiO516924619
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1692472045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1692464899
Tuscanite  (*)NoneKCa6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3)2(OH)·H2O16924610
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31692461247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1692465251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050324Biachella Valley, Sacrofano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R050324


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