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Locality Name:
San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.265
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.265

mindat Locality ID: 279777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vispi Quarry (incl. Celli; Pian Di Celle Volcano)

Latitude: 42°51'43"N
Longitude: 12°15'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.861944444444,12.265555555556

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteApophylliteAragoniteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyrite
CorundumCubaniteDjerfisheriteEttringiteFluoriteGismondineGünterblassiteHarmotomeMeliliteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneRhodesiteRocksaltSapphirine
SpinelThomsoniteTridymiteWurtziteWöhlerite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bafertisite  (*)Bario-olgite  (*)Bartonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorbartonite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Delhayelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Götzenite  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Hillesheimite  (*)Hiortdahlite  (*)Hydrodelhayelite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Khibinskite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Olgite  (*)Opal  (*)Panunzite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhodesite  (*)Spinel  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Umbrianite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O60.2650.2651732501022
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]0.2650.265173250133
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O70.2650.26517325050
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)0.2650.2651732503250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20.2650.265173250295
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O60.2650.2651732502060
Bafertisite  (*)NoneBa2Fe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F20.2650.26517325016
Bario-olgite  (*)AphthitaliteNa(Na,Sr,Ce)2Ba(PO4)20.2650.2651732502
Bartonite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6Fe20S26S0.2650.2651732505
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)0.2650.26517325027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0.2650.265173250310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS20.2650.26517325027198
Chlorbartonite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6Fe24S26Cl0.2650.2651732507
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S30.2650.265173250802
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F40.2650.26517325067
Delhayelite  (*)RhodesiteK7Na3Ca5Al2Si14O38F4Cl20.2650.2651732509
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O60.2650.2651732504135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl0.2650.26517325060
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F0.2650.2651732502740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0.2650.265173250303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF20.2650.2651732509617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F20.2650.26517325047
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)0.2650.2651732501188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS0.2650.26517325024243
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0.2650.265173250128
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F20.2650.26517325027
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O0.2650.2651732504
Hillesheimite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,   )2(Mg,Fe,Ca,   )2[(Si,Al)13O23(OH)6](OH)·8H2O0.2650.2651732502
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF30.2650.26517325021
Hydrodelhayelite  (*)NoneKCa2(Si7Al)O17(OH)2·6H2O0.2650.2651732504
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O0.2650.26517325085
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O30.2650.2651732505433
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO40.2650.26517325049
Khibinskite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi2O70.2650.2651732506
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)0.2650.26517325033
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0.2650.265173250233
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O40.2650.26517325098
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O40.2650.26517325014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0.2650.265173250153
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0.2650.265173250884
Olgite  (*)Aphthitalite(Ba,Sr)(Na,Sr,REE)2Na(PO4)20.2650.2651732504
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0.2650.2651732502994
Panunzite  (*)NoneK3Na(AlSiO4)40.2650.2651732502
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S80.2650.2651732501512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30.2650.265173250495
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O0.2650.26517325075
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S80.2650.2651732509056
Rhodesite  (*)RhodesiteKHCa2Si8O19·5H2O0.2650.26517325011
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O40.2650.2651732501934
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0.2650.265173250183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0.2650.265173250452
Umbrianite  (*)Not in a structural groupK7Na2Ca2[Al3Si10O29]F2Cl20.2650.2651732502
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0.2650.265173250605
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O0.2650.26517325012



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000564MAGMATIC STYLE: A small cone, two maars and a tuff ring ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Crystal and lapilli tuffs of phonolitic and melilitic composions and containing leucite. Lava flows consist of kamafugite (kalsilite-phlogopite-olivine-leucite melilitite).


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_00005640.2650.2650.265Ar-Ar       279777San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, ItalySan VenanzoWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060030San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060030
R060508San Venanzo, Terni Province, Umbria, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060508


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