Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cassia Road Km 61.5, Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.236

mindat Locality ID: 297679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-297679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cassia Road Km 61.5, Capranica, Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Hellandite	Ludwigite
Mica	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Augite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorophlogopite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hellandite-(Ce) ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nosean ()*	Opal ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Vonsenite ()*

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 Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P REE S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P REE S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Cancrinite-sodalite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Hellandite Ludwigite
Mica None Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	0.236	2060
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	0.236	115
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	0.236	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	0.236	2740
Fluorophlogopite ()*	Mica	KMg₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	0.236	47
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	0.236	7437
Hellandite-(Ce) ()*	Hellandite	(Ca,REE)₄Ce₂Al ₂(B₄Si₄O₂₂)(OH)₂	1	0.236	8
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	0.236	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	0.236	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	0.236	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	1	0.236	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	0.236	2994
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	0.236	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	0.236	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	0.236	4899
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	0.236	62

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0149	Trachyte, poggio translates to "Knoll"
Michelle_0150_c	Ignimbrite C of Locardi
Michelle_0151	(Tufo rosso a scorie nere auct.)
Michelle_0152	Black pozzolana (Ignimbrite b?)
Michelle_0153	Lc-Phonolite
Michelle_0154	Tephritic Lc-phonolite

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_0149	0.292	0.236	0.264±0.028	K-Ar	Age of trachyte	sanidine	10	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	Poggio Cavaliere	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of trachyte
Michelle_0150_c	0.46	0.38	0.420±0.04	K-Ar	Age of Ignimbrite C of Locardi	sanidine	VS47C	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	La Rocca	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of Ignimbrite C of Locardi
Michelle_0151	0.64	0.4	0.520±0.12	K-Ar		sanidine	9	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	C.le Umilta	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73
Michelle_0152	0.86	0.42	0.640±0.22	K-Ar		sanidine	8	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	C.le Servelli	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73
Michelle_0153	0.91	0.49	0.700±0.21	K-Ar	Age of lc-phonolite	sanidine	7	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	San Rocco	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of lc-phonolite
Michelle_0154	1	0.64	0.820±0.18	K-Ar	Age of tephritic lc-phonolite	sanidine	6	Yes	Sanidine	5749	Vico Volcanic Complex (Vico Lake), Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy	San Martino	Fornaseri (1985)	RDSIMF40_73	Age of tephritic lc-phonolite

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