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Locality Name:
Vallerano Quarries, Valleranello, Rome, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 25465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vallerano Quarries, Valleranello, Rome, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°47'3"N
Longitude: 12°28'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.784166666667,12.480277777778

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 As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteCopperEttringiteFluorite
GarnetGismondineGypsumHarmotomeLudwigiteMeliliteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyroxene
SpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteThomsoniteTobermoriteTridymiteZircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Cahnite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)
Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Vertumnite  (*)
Vonsenite  (*)
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]·2H2O041
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)4013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O030
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O071
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Vertumnite  (*)NoneCa4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O08
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)062



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070182Vallerano Quarries, Valleranello, Rome, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070182


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