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Locality Name:
Magliano Romano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.69
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.29

mindat Locality ID: 281329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magliano Romano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fosso Attici

Latitude: 42°9'36"N
Longitude: 12°26'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.16,12.436388888889

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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteClayEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMeliliteMicaNone
OlivinePyroxeneSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Franzinite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Haüyne  (*)Liottite  (*)Merlinoite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tuscanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl60.690.2916924425
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0.690.29169244706
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)30.690.291692441534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)0.690.291692441036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O60.690.291692442060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)0.690.2916924427770
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0.690.29169244371
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)0.690.291692441188
Franzinite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)30Ca10(Si30Al30)O120(SO4)10·2H2O0.690.291692449
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70.690.29169244114
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)30.690.291692441544
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)0.690.29169244158
Liottite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa16Ca8Si18Al18O72(SO4)5Cl40.690.291692447
Merlinoite  (*)NoneK5Ca2(Si23Al9)O64·24H2O0.690.2916924417
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0.690.29169244884
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20.690.291692442273
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0.690.29169244598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl0.690.29169244444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O40.690.291692441934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O0.690.291692444899
Tuscanite  (*)NoneKCa6(Si,Al)10O22(SO4,CO3)2(OH)·H2O0.690.2916924410
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)100.690.291692441395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO30.690.291692441247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0.690.291692445251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0161Tufi stratificati varicoli de la storta (base) translates to "Stratified bundles of varicose veins"
Michelle_0162Tufi stratificati varicoli de la storta (base) translates to "Stratified bundles of varicose veins"


2 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
Michelle_01610.60.40.50±0.10K-Ar biotiteSAB15    281329Magliano Romano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, ItalyCapo MaglianoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73 
Michelle_01620.690.290.490±0.20K-Ar leuciteSAB15  Leucite  281329Magliano Romano, Sacrofano Caldera, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, ItalyCapo MaglianoFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73 


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