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Locality Name:
Roccaccia, Allumiere, Tolfa Mts District, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3

mindat Locality ID: 30014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roccaccia, Allumiere, Tolfa Mts District, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, 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

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCorundumFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSpinelStibnite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33.4301534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23.4305509
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3.4304979
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23.4309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3.43024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33.43014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43.43014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23.43012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23.4305674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23.43039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23.43061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23.430454
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33.4303418



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0071Abandoned pyrite and galena mine


1 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_00713.433.2±0.2K-ArAge of monzanitic porphyrysanidineK21  Sanidine  30014Roccaccia, Allumiere, Tolfa Mts District, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, ItalyLa RoccacciaFornaseri (1985) RDSIMF40_73Age of sanidine from monzonitic porphyry. Sample described as hypoabyssalite.


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