Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sicily Channel (Sicilian Channel; Strait Of Sicily), Italy

mindat Locality ID: 291596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sicily Channel (Sicilian Channel; Strait Of Sicily), Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adventure Plateau (Adventure Bank)
Foerstner Volcano
Graham Bank
Nameless Bank
Pantelleria East Seamount
Pantelleria Southeast Seamount

Latitude: 36°53'17"N
Longitude: 12°27'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.888055555556,12.451666666667

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel	Tridymite

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 Fe K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Olivine Pyroxene Spinel Tridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	2	71915,71917	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	71913	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71912,71915,71917	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	71916	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71913	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	71913,71914	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71915	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	71916	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	71911,71913,71915	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	71911,71913,71915,71916	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	71915	884
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	71912,71917	303
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71914	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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