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Locality Name:
Melfi, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 234382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Melfi, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Melfi Village Hill
Vallone Toppo Di Lupo

Latitude: 40°57'55"N
Longitude: 15°36'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.965277777778,15.605
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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumEttringiteFairchilditeGismondine
KaoliniteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSodaliteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nyerereite  (*)
Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61685672060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16856711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16856727770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61685674135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6168567944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O16856793
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O168567128
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)268566,68567158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316856714640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O16856762
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)268566,68567233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416856714899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)168567153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)168567884
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)216856718
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1685672994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3168567495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21685672273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81685679056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1685676417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41685671934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O168567183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1685674899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1685675251


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