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Locality Name:
Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 26841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Alicudi Island
Filicudi Island
Lipari Island
Panarea Island
Stromboli Island
Strombolicchio
Vulcano Island

Latitude: 38°37'34"N
Longitude: 15°5'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.626111111111,15.083888888889
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdranositeAlumAluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArcaniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAubertite
BaryteBlöditeChalcanthiteClayCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCristobaliteDansite
DemicheleiteFeldsparGörgeyiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKobelliteLarderelliteLillianite
LucabindiiteLudwigiteMalachiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMetavoltineMillosevichiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePicromeritePyracmonitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSabieiteSantite
SphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTamarugiteThermessaiteTridymiteVoltaiteVurroite
WurtziteZircon

138 IMA Minerals at location:
Acmonidesite  (*)Adranosite  (*)Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Aiolosite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)
Alum-(Na)  (*)Aluminocoquimbite  (*)Aluminopyracmonite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)
Amarillite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argesite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aubertite  (*)Augite  (*)Avogadrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Balićžunićite  (*)Barberiite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)
Bismoclite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Blödite  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Brontesite  (*)
Campostriniite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Challacolloite  (*)Clinometaborite  (*)
Sulphur-β  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Cossaite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Creedite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)D'ansite-(Fe)  (*)Demartinite  (*)Demicheleite-(Br)  (*)
Demicheleite-(Cl)  (*)Demicheleite-(I)  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Ferrinatrite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Godovikovite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hephaistosite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Hieratite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalinite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kimzeyite  (*)Kirkiite  (*)Knasibfite  (*)Kogarkoite  (*)Krausite  (*)
Kremersite  (*)Lafossaite  (*)Larderellite  (*)Leguernite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Lucabindiite  (*)Magnesioaubertite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mascagnite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mendozite  (*)Metaborite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Millosevichite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molysite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Mozgovaite  (*)
Natroalunite  (*)Opal  (*)Panichiite  (*)Pertlikite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pseudocotunnite  (*)Pyracmonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Salammoniac  (*)Santite  (*)Sassolite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Steropesite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Tamarugite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tenorite  (*)Thénardite  (*)Therasiaite  (*)
Thermessaite  (*)Thermessaite-(NH4)  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Vlodavetsite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Vurroite  (*)Wittite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Yavapaiite  (*)Zaherite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acmonidesite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4,K,Pb,Na)9Fe2+4(SO4)5Cl81718071
Adranosite  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)21718074
Adranosite-(Fe)  (*)Adranosite(NH4)4NaFe2(SO4)4Cl(OH)21718076
Aiolosite  (*)ApatiteNa2(Na2Bi)(SO4)3Cl1718071
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O771797,71800,71807,71809,71811,71812,7181392
Alum-(Na)  (*)AlumNaAl(SO4)2·12H2O271807,7181112
Aluminocoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAl2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·9H2O1718115
Aluminopyracmonite  (*)Pyracmonite(NH4)3Al(SO4)31718073
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6571792,71797,71798,71800,71807966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O571807,71809,71810,71811,71812272
Amarillite  (*)TamarugiteNaFe3+(SO4)2·6H2O1718126
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)571792,71797,71798,71800,718071588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1718051036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)471807,71809,71810,718113250
Argesite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)7Bi3Cl161718071
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3171807231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1718079052
Aubertite  (*)AubertiteCu2+Al(SO4)2Cl·14H2O17181113
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6771790,71791,71802,71803,71804,71805,718072060
Avogadrite  (*)BaryteKBF41718073
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21718075509
Balićžunićite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)21718071
Barberiite  (*)Baryte(NH4)BF41718073
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)271801,7180711547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O17181182
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl17180771
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31718071935
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O171812130
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O271807,7181030
Brontesite  (*)None(NH4)3PbCl51718071
Campostriniite  (*)Görgeyite(Bi2.5Na0.5)(NH4)2Na2(SO4)6·H2O1718071
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2317180741
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O271810,71811925
Challacolloite  (*)NoneKPb2Cl51718077
Clinometaborite  (*)NoneHBO21718071
Sulphur-β  (*)NoneS1718075
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O271810,71811382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O271810,71811136
Cossaite  (*)Not in a structural group(Mg0.5,   )Al6(SO4)6(HSO4)F6·36H2O1718071
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl217180754
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O17180248
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2271792,71807453
D'ansite-(Fe)  (*)DansiteNa21Fe(SO4)10Cl31718072
Demartinite  (*)NoneK2SiF61718071
Demicheleite-(Br)  (*)DemicheleiteBiSBr1718071
Demicheleite-(Cl)  (*)DemicheleiteBiSCl1718071
Demicheleite-(I)  (*)DemicheleiteBiSI1718072
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6271790,717914135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6371790,71791,71804944
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)171807371
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O17180725
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617180684
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)271790,717911188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS271801,7180724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4171807192
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O271806,7180768
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2171807137
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)217180719
Gold  (*)CopperAu17180730554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O971792,71797,71798,71800,71807,71809,71810,71811,718136890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1718071398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O371811,71812,71813409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3271804,7180714640
Hephaistosite  (*)NoneTlPb2Cl51718071
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S917180766
Hieratite  (*)NoneK2SiF61718077
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O17181112
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6471792,71797,71798,718002228
Kalinite  (*)NoneKAl(SO4)2·11H2O17181154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4471792,71797,71798,718005591
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O1217180217
Kirkiite  (*)NonePb10Bi3As3S191718073
Knasibfite  (*)NoneK3Na4(SiF6)3(BF4)1718071
Kogarkoite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)F17180614
Krausite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)2·H2O17181121
Kremersite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O17180712
Lafossaite  (*)NoneTlCl1718075
Larderellite  (*)Larderellite(NH4)B5O7(OH)2·H2O1718072
Leguernite  (*)NoneBi12.67O14(SO4)51718071
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6171807128
Lucabindiite  (*)Lucabindiite(K,NH4)As4O6(Cl,Br)1718074
Magnesioaubertite  (*)AubertiteMgAl(SO4)2Cl·14H2O271811,718124
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O417180298
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4471790,71791,71804,7180714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2271807,7181312537
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)17180761
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O371807,71810,71811915
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O17181128
Metaborite  (*)NoneHBO21718074
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O771792,71797,71800,71807,71811,71812,7181378
Millosevichite  (*)MillosevichiteAl2(SO4)3271810,7181120
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O171807223
Molysite  (*)NoneFeCl317180712
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)171802153
Mozgovaite  (*)NonePbBi4S71718072
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6171807128
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O771792,71797,71800,71807,71810,71811,718132994
Panichiite  (*)None(NH4)2SnCl61718071
Pertlikite  (*)VoltaiteK2(Fe2+,Mg)2(Mg,Fe3+)4Fe3+2Al(SO4)12·18H2O1718114
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O671807,71809,71810,71811,71812,71813265
Pseudocotunnite  (*)NoneK2PbCl4 (?)1718072
Pyracmonite  (*)Pyracmonite(NH4)3Fe(SO4)31718075
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2271801,7180739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1718071725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81717919056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2271802,7180761156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O171807177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS171807712
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS17180722
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O171807293
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl571802,71807,71809,71810,71811105
Santite  (*)SantiteKB5O6(OH)4·2H2O1718073
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)3271807,7181031
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe271802,71807143
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O17181073
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS271801,7180721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41718021934
Steropesite  (*)NoneTl3BiCl61718071
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS971792,71797,71800,71802,71806,71807,71809,71810,718132045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl271802,71807275
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O471810,71811,71812,7181387
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe171807190
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1718021101
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)271807,71811299
Therasiaite  (*)Not in a structural group(NH4)3KNa2Fe2+Fe3+(SO4)3Cl51718071
Thermessaite  (*)ThermessaiteK2AlF3(SO4)1718072
Thermessaite-(NH4)  (*)Thermessaite(NH4)2AlF3(SO4)1718072
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2271805,71807458
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O17180781
Vlodavetsite  (*)NoneCa2Al(SO4)2F2Cl·4H2O1718072
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O371810,71811,71813111
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)271795,7180762
Vurroite  (*)VurroitePb20Sn2(Bi,As)22S54Cl61718071
Wittite  (*)NonePb8Bi10(S,Se)2317180715
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS171807372
Yavapaiite  (*)NoneKFe3+(SO4)21718118
Zaherite  (*)NoneAl12(SO4)5(OH)26·20H2O1718113
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1718055251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070542Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070542
R070069Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070069
R130008La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130008
R060344Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060344
R070601Grotta Dell'Allume, Faraglione Nico (Faraglione Piccolo; Faragghiune Nicu), Faraglioni Di Levante (Grotte Dei Faraglioni; Grotte Del Faraglione; "Grotte De Faraglione"), Porto Levante, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070601

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