Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abruzzo, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.531
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.531

mindat Locality ID: 31412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abruzzo, Italy": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chieti Province
L'Aquila Province
Pescara Province
Teramo Province

Latitude: 42°7'51"N
Longitude: 13°45'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.130833333333,13.751666666667

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eastonite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalsilite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Refikite ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Tetraferriannite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Apatite Baryte Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Olivine Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	68272	1022
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	68255,68256	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0.531	0.531	5	68259,68263,68264,68268,68269	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0.531	0.531	5	68262,68263,68264,68268,68269	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	68272	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	68253	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	68272	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.531	0.531	10	68253,68255,68256,68259,68262,68263,68264,68268,68269,68272	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	68253,68272	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	68272	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	68272	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0.531	0.531	6	68262,68263,68264,68268,68269,68272	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	68272	9895
Eastonite ()*	Mica	KAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	68272	11
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0.531	0.531	4	68263,68264,68268,68269	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0.531	0.531	4	68263,68264,68268,68269	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	68255,68256,68271,68275,68279	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	68262	158
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	68255,68256	2228
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄			1	68262	49
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	0.531	0.531	6	68259,68262,68263,68264,68268,68269	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.531	0.531	6	68262,68263,68264,68268,68269,68272	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	68253	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	68281	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	68281	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	68272	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	68272	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	68255,68256	128
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			2	68262,68272	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	68272	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.531	0.531	6	68263,68264,68268,68269,68272,68278	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	68253,68272	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	68253	9056
Refikite ()*	None	C₂₀H₃₄O₂			2	68279,68281	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	68272	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	68272	1934
Tetraferriannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Fe³⁺)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	68272	10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	68272	4899

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000569	MAGMATIC STYLE: Tuff-rings and maar with surge deposits and fall out with minor pyroclastic flows, ash lapilli tuff and tephra. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Leucite-bearing rocks.

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
	Jen_0000569	0.531	0.531	0.531	Ar-Ar			k-feldspar							297250	Oricola, L'Aquila Province, Abruzzo, Italy	Oricola	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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