Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.236

mindat Locality ID: 26973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Campo Padella
Cassia Road Km 61.5

Latitude: 42°16'43"N
Longitude: 12°9'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.278611111111,12.150555555556

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Baddeleyite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Hellandite	Ludwigite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Okanoganite	Pyroxene	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Capranicaite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Danburite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hellandite-(Ce) ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Opal ()*
Peprossiite-(Ce) ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*
Stoppaniite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vicanite-(Ce) ()*	Vonsenite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P REE S Si Th Ti W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Na O Si Th Ti W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Baddeleyite Bastnäsite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Danburite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Hellandite Ludwigite Mica None
Not in a structural group Okanoganite Pyroxene Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon Zirconolite

37 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	0.236	1	69307	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	0.236	0		706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	0.236	0		2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	0.236	1	69307	238
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	0.236	0		304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	0.236	0		4286
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	115
Capranicaite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaNaAl₄B₄Si₂O₁₈	1	0.236	0		1
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	0.236	0		1025
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	0.236	0		148
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	0.236	1	69308	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	0.236	0		551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	2740
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	47
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	7437
Hellandite-(Ce) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Ce₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	8
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	0.236	1	69307	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	0.236	0		14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	0.236	1	69307	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	2994
Peprossiite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ce,La)(Al₃O)_2/3B₄O₁₀	1	0.236	0		3
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	0.236	0		4894
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	444
Stillwellite-(Ce) ()*	None	CeBSiO₅	1	0.236	0		19
Stoppaniite ()*	Beryl	Fe³⁺₂Be₃Si₆O₁₈·H₂O	1	0.236	0		2
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	0.236	0		1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	4899
Vicanite-(Ce) ()*	Okanoganite	(Ca,Ce,La,Th)₁₅As⁵⁺(As³⁺,Na)_0.5Fe³⁺_0.7Si₆B₄(O,F)₄₇	1	0.236	1	69307	6
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	0.236	2	69307,69308	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	0.236	1	69307	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	1	0.236	1	69307	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0149	Trachyte, poggio translates to "Knoll"
Michelle_0150_c	Ignimbrite C of Locardi
Michelle_0151	(Tufo rosso a scorie nere auct.)
Michelle_0152	Black pozzolana (Ignimbrite b?)
Michelle_0153	Lc-Phonolite
Michelle_0154	Tephritic Lc-phonolite

6 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_0149	0.292	0.236	0.264±0.028	K-Ar	Age of trachyte	sanidine	10	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	Poggio Cavaliere	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of trachyte
Michelle_0150_c	0.46	0.38	0.420±0.04	K-Ar	Age of Ignimbrite C of Locardi	sanidine	VS47C	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	La Rocca	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Ignimbrite C of Locardi
Michelle_0151	0.64	0.4	0.520±0.12	K-Ar		sanidine	9	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	C.le Umilta	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73
Michelle_0152	0.86	0.42	0.640±0.22	K-Ar		sanidine	8	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	C.le Servelli	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73
Michelle_0153	0.91	0.49	0.700±0.21	K-Ar	Age of lc-phonolite	sanidine	7	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	San Rocco	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of lc-phonolite
Michelle_0154	1	0.64	0.820±0.18	K-Ar	Age of tephritic lc-phonolite	sanidine	6	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	San Martino	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic lc-phonolite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110144	Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	https://rruff.info/R110144
R061013	Campo Padella, Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	https://rruff.info/R061013

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