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Locality Name:
Racalmuto Saliferous Deposit, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 271345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-271345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racalmuto Saliferous Deposit, Racalmuto, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Montedoro Mine (Montedoro Potash Mine)
Racalmuto Potash Mine
Racalmuto Salt Mines

Latitude: 37°26'0"N
Longitude: 13°46'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.433333333333,13.774444444444

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.

Aphthitalite	Carnallite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Rocksalt

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: Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Carnallite Gypsum Kieserite None Rocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aphthitalite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	71708	77
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	2	71706,71707	42
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	3	71706,71707,71709	132
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	71708,71709	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	71706,71707,71708,71709	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	3	71706,71707,71709	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	2	71706,71707	80
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	71706	223
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	4	71706,71707,71708,71709	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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