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Locality Name:
Valentano, Làtera Volcano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 252570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valentano, Làtera Volcano, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Casale Rosati
Mt Saliette

Latitude: 42°33'48"N
Longitude: 11°48'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.563333333333,11.803611111111
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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaddeleyiteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
LudwigiteMicaNoneSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Farneseite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Franzinite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)
Liottite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Tuscanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vishnevite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)
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)6Cl616929625
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1692958803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3269295,692961534
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2269295,69296238
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1692958173
Farneseite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa46Ca10(Si42Al42O168)(SO4)12·6H2O1692954
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1692952740
Franzinite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)30Ca10(Si30Al30)O120(SO4)10·2H2O1692959
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)169295158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316929514640
Liottite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa16Ca8Si18Al18O72(SO4)5Cl41692967
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4269295,6929614899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21692952273
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)269295,69296598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O269295,692964899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2169296458
Tuscanite  (*)NoneKCa6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3)2(OH)·H2O16929510
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101692951395
Vishnevite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite CancriniteNa8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O16929521
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16929662
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31692951247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)269295,692965251


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