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Locality Name:
Perugia Province, Umbria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.82
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3.58

mindat Locality ID: 223291
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223291.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perugia Province, Umbria, Italy": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Assisi
Castiglione Del Lago
Costacciaro
Gubbio
Piegaro
Sigillo
Spoleto

Latitude: 42°58'14"N
Longitude: 12°24'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.970555555556,12.415277777778

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryteBerylBruciteCalcite
ChabaziteChalcopyriteDiasporeEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsumHarmotome
IronLévyneMarcasiteMeliliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteStarkeyiteSulphurTitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteWollastonite
Wöhlerite

66 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Esseneite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Goethite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Indialite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jennite  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Khibinskite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pseudowollastonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Rankinite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Strätlingite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Vertumnite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O17324041
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O717324050
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)63.823.58173238966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31732401534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1732401036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1732403250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3.823.58273238,7324011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3.823.58573231,73232,73237,73238,7324027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O173240310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217324027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41732263902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181732401008
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F417324067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61732404135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6173226944
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO617324017
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O17324093
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O617324022
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O173231107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3.823.58373237,73238,732402740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O173240303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21732379617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1732261188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7173240114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O173240128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1732317437
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F217324027
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31732401544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3.823.58473231,73237,73238,732406890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6173240741
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O17324085
Indialite  (*)BerylMg2Al3(AlSi5)O1817324024
Iron  (*)IronFe273226,732281089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63.823.58273237,732382228
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O17324018
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO417324049
Khibinskite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi2O71732406
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)173240233
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O17324042
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O417324098
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417324014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21732315674
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1732402994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81732401512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3173240495
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O17324075
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)217324051
Pseudowollastonite  (*)NoneCaSiO31732407
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273231,7323239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81732409056
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O717324025
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O173237293
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)173240598
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1217324054
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P173228374
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O17324011
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS273231,732372045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)273226,73228703
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O173240183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1732404899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)173240114
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2173240458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1732261044
Vertumnite  (*)NoneCa4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O1732408
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O17324012
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31732401247



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0084Trachyte


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
Michelle_00843.823.583.7±0.12K-ArAge of trachytebiotite     263897Monte Cucco Cave ("La Grotta" Cave), Monte Cucco, Sigillo, Perugia Province, Umbria, ItalyMonte CuccoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of trachyte


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