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Locality Name:
Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto Di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 278497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto Di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Campomorto Quarry

Latitude: 42°22'46"N
Longitude: 11°39'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.379444444444,11.650555555556
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 B C Ca Cl Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBerylBruciteCalciteCorundumCristobaliteEttringiteGarnetGismondineGypsum
HydrotalciteLudwigiteMeliliteNoneQuartzSpurrite-AfwilliteTobermoriteTridymiteWollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Jennite  (*)Katoite  (*)Opal  (*)Portlandite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Strätlingite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vertumnite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
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]·2H2O16929941
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16929927770
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181692991008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2169299453
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O16929993
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7169299114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O169299128
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1692996890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316929914640
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O16929930
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O16929918
Katoite  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(OH)121692999
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1692992994
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)216929951
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216929961156
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O16929911
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)169299114
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2169299458
Vertumnite  (*)NoneCa4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O1692998
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16929962
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31692991247


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