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:
Forra Di Bulla (Puflerloch; Pufler Loch; Pufelserloch; Pufelser Loch; Bulla; Pufels), Castelrotto (Kastelruth), Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 29988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forra Di Bulla (Puflerloch; Pufler Loch; Pufelserloch; Pufelser Loch; Bulla; Pufels), Castelrotto (Kastelruth), Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, 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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Heulandite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*
Datolite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe³⁺) ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Gadolinite Heulandite Mica Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Stilbite Thomsonite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	260	260	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1252
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	260	260	498
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	260	260	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	260	260	1271
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	260	260	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe³⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe³⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	260	260	5
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	260	260	390
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	260	260	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	260	260	452

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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