Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nettuno, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.072
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.038

mindat Locality ID: 2117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nettuno, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, 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.

Baddeleyite	Chevkinite	Copper	Corundum	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

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: Au Ca Ce Fe Mg O Si Sn Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au Ca Ce Fe Mg O Si Sn Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Chevkinite Copper Corundum None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.072	0.038	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	0.072	0.038	238
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0.072	0.038	5171
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0.072	0.038	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.072	0.038	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.072	0.038	14899
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	0.072	0.038	46
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.072	0.038	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0.072	0.038	1006

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0209_a	Apatite and biotite from littoral sand
Michelle_0210_b	Zircon from littoral sand
Michelle_0211_c	Zircon from littoral sand

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0209_a	0.072	0.062	0.067±0.005	Th230	Age of littoral sand	apatite, biotite		2117	Nettuno, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Nettuno	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of littoral sand
Michelle_0210_b	0.048	0.038	0.043±0.005	Th230	Age of littoral sand	zircon	Zircon	2117	Nettuno, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Nettuno	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of littoral sand
Michelle_0211_c	0.065	0.047	0.056±0.009	Fission Track	Age of littoral sand	zircon	Zircon	2117	Nettuno, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Nettuno	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of littoral sand

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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