Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Messina, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 297411
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297411.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Messina, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Capo Rasocolmo
Upper Camaro Valley

Latitude: 38°10'57"N
Longitude: 15°32'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.1825,15.549444444444

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.

Beryl	Cerite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Cerite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Iron Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71819	8803
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	71821	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	71821	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	71819	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	71821	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71819	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	71821	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	71821	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	71821	451
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	71821	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71819	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71819	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71819	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	71819	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71821	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	71821	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	71821	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71819	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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