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:
Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 2136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Grotta Cutrona (Cutrona Lava Tube)
Monti Rossi
Pits Of The 1923 Eruption (Abisso Profondo Nero)

Latitude: 37°42'47"N
Longitude: 15°1'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.713055555556,15.023333333333

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.

Allophane	Alum	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Arcanite	Atacamite	Blödite	Brucite	Calcite
Corundum	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Olivine	Picromerite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine
Spinel	Sulphur

Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*
Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Erythrosiderite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kremersite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molysite ()*
Natrite ()*	Natron ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Portlandite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhönite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sanidine ()*	Selenium ()*
Sellaite ()*	Siderazot ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Trona ()*	Tschermigite ()*

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 As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O S Se Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Arcanite Atacamite Blödite Brucite Calcite
Corundum Feldspar Gypsum None Olivine Picromerite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine
Spinel Sulphur

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71756	966
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	0		77
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	71757	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71757	2060
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	71756	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71758	27770
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	0		7
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71758	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	71756	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	71756,71757	14640
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	0		179
Kremersite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	0		12
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0		233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	0		98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71757	14899
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	0		61
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71756	223
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	0		12
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	0		19
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	0		51
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	71756	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	71756	102
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	1	71758	51
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	0		47
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	0		105
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	0		143
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	0		46
Siderazot ()*	None	Fe₃N_1.33	0		4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	71756	275
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	71756	1101
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	71756,71758	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	71756	129
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		81

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070128	Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070128
R061108	Monti Rossi, Mt Etna, Etna Volcanic Complex, Catania Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R061108

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