Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ariccia, Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.82
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.258

mindat Locality ID: 25969
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25969.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ariccia, Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Parco Chigi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Harkerite	Latiumite
Mica	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cuspidine ()*
Forsterite ()*	Franzinite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Götzenite ()*	Grossular ()*
Harkerite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Kaliophilite ()*	Latiumite ()*
Lazurite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Opal ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wiluite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Harkerite Latiumite
Mica Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0.82	0.258	1	69180	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0.82	0.258	0		1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.82	0.258	1	69180	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.82	0.258	1	69180	27770
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	0.82	0.258	1	69180	67
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0.82	0.258	0		1188
Franzinite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₃₀Ca₁₀(Si₃₀Al₃₀)O₁₂₀(SO₄)₁₀·2H₂O	0.82	0.258	1	69180	9
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	0.82	0.258	1	69180	128
Götzenite ()*	None	Ca₄NaCa₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	0.82	0.258	1	69180	27
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0.82	0.258	0		1544
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	0.82	0.258	0		11
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	0.82	0.258	1	69180	158
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0.82	0.258	1	69180	341
Kaliophilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	0.82	0.258	1	69180	8
Latiumite ()*	Latiumite	(Ca,K)₄(Si,Al)₅O₁₁(SO₄,CO₃)	0.82	0.258	0		7
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	0.82	0.258	1	69180	37
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0.63	0.258	1	69180	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.82	0.258	1	69180	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0.82	0.258	1	69180	425
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	0.82	0.258	1	69180	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.82	0.258	0		2994
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	0.82	0.258	0		114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.82	0.258	1	69180	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.82	0.258	0		39462
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.82	0.258	0		598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	0.82	0.258	1	69180	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0.82	0.258	1	69180	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0.82	0.258	0		4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0.82	0.258	1	69180	1395
Wiluite ()*	Vesuvianite	Ca₁₉(Al,Mg)₁₃(B, ,Al)₅(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(O,OH)₁₀	0.82	0.258	1	69180	6
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0.82	0.258	1	69180	1247

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0163	Scoriacious agglomerate
Michelle_0191_a	Tuff
Michelle_0192_b	Tuff
Michelle_0193_c	Tuff
Michelle_0194_d	Tuff
Michelle_0195_e	Tuff
Michelle_0196_f	Tuff
Michelle_0197_g	Tuff
Michelle_0198_h	Tuff
Michelle_0199_i	Tuff
Michelle_0200_j	Tuff
Michelle_0201_k	Tuff
Michelle_0202_l	Tuff
Michelle_0203_m	Tuff
Michelle_0204_n	Tuff
Michelle_0205_o	Tuff
Michelle_0206_p	Tuff
Michelle_0238	Post Caldera Activity - Lateral, tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0242	Post Caldera Activity - Lateral, tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0243	Post Caldera Activity - Lateral, tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0244_a	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, Tufo di Villa Senni formation
Michelle_0245	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, Tufo di Villa Senni formation
Michelle_0246_b	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, Tufo di Villa Senni formation
Michelle_0247	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, Tufo di Villa Senni formation
Michelle_0248_a	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, rock type described as "Tufo litoide"
Michelle_0249_b	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, rock type described as "Archaeol. layer"
Michelle_0250_c	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, rock type described as "cinerite"
Michelle_0251_d	Pre Caldera Activity - Complex of Lower Pyroclastics, rock type described as "limnosol"
Michelle_0254	Pre Caldera Activity - Fissural Lava Flows, leucitite
Michelle_0255	Pre Caldera Activity - Fissural Lava Flows. No rock type described

30 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0163	0.277	0.277	0.277	K-Ar	Age of Scoriacious agglomerate	leucite	KA409	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	M. Cavo	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Scoriacious agglomerate. Post-caldera activity phase
Michelle_0191_a	0.358	0.326	0.342±0.016	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS3	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0192_b	0.363	0.333	0.348±0.015	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite	VS3	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0193_c	0.359	0.327	0.343±0.016	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS4A	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0194_d	0.358	0.324	0.341±0.017	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite	VS4A	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0195_e	0.361	0.297	0.329±0.032	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS4B	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0196_f	0.354	0.316	0.335±0.019	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS4B	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0197_g	0.402	0.358	0.38±0.022	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite	VS5	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0198_h	0.356	0.316	0.336±0.02	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS5	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0199_i	0.293	0.263	0.278±0.015	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite	VS6	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0200_j	0.355	0.311	0.333±0.022	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS7	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0201_k	0.369	0.319	0.344±0.025	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite	VS7	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0202_l	0.349	0.315	0.332±0.017	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS8	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0203_m	0.363	0.325	0.344±0.019	Ar-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	VS10	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0204_n	0.392	0.352	0.372±0.020	Rb-Sr	Age of tuff	leucite, biotite	VS3	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0205_o	0.387	0.287	0.337±0.05	Rb-Sr	Age of tuff	leucite, biotite, pyroxene	VS58	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0206_p	0.354	0.314	0.334±0.02	Rb-Sr	Age of tuff	leucite, biotite, pyroxene	VS10	Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tufo di Villa Senni Formation	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0238	0.268	0.268	0.268	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite	leucite	KA855	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Pte. Divino Amore	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0242	0.27	0.258	0.264±0.006	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite	leucite	Al30	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Saponara	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0243	0.281	0.265	0.273±0.008	K-Ar	Age of tephritic leucitite	leucite	Al33	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	East of Saponara	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic leucitite
Michelle_0244_a	0.56	0.48	0.520±0.04	K-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite		Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Mola Cavona	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0245	0.63	0.55	0.590±0.04	K-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite		Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Tta Falcognana	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0246_b	0.82	0.42	0.620±0.200	K-Ar	Age of tuff	biotite		Yes		29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Mola Cavona	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0247	0.36	0.344	0.352±0.008	K-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	FG	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Cle Formagrotta	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0248_a	0.3705	0.3615	0.366±0.0045	K-Ar	Age of tuff	leucite	LS4	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tuff
Michelle_0249_b	0.4637	0.4523	0.458±0.0057	K-Ar		leucite	LS3	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73
Michelle_0250_c	0.4945	0.4795	0.487±0.0075	K-Ar	Age of cinerite	leucite	LS2	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of cinerite
Michelle_0251_d	0.534	0.522	0.528±0.006	K-Ar	Age of limnsol	leucite	LS1	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of limnsol
Michelle_0254	0.493	0.481	0.487±0.006	K-Ar	Age of leucitite	leucite	Al9	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	East of Tuscolo	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of leucitite
Michelle_0255	0.533	0.515	0.524±0.009	K-Ar		leucite	Al38	Yes	Leucite	29170	Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	Ftte Marcaccio (M. Artemisio)	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060049	Ariccia, Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060049
R050606	Ariccia, Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	https://rruff.info/R050606
R140781	Parco Chigi, Ariccia, Alban Hills, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy	https://rruff.info/R140781

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