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Locality Name:
Rionero In Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 305321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rionero In Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Monte Vulture

Latitude: 40°57'2"N
Longitude: 15°38'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.950555555556,15.635555555556

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: Al C Ca F H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteFairchilditeFeldsparNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSodalite
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Haüyne  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Lazurite  (*)Nyerereite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16856927770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61685694135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21685699895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1685692740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1685691188
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)168569158
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH168569367
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O16856937
Nyerereite  (*)FairchilditeNa2Ca(CO3)216856918
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3168569495
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)168569598
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41685691934



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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