Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 57092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Butera
Caltanissetta
Delia
Imera
Mazzarino
Milena (Milocca)
San Cataldo (San Cattaldo)
San Cataldo Mine
Santa Caterina Villarmosa
Sommatino

Latitude: 37°25'15"N
Longitude: 13°56'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.420833333333,13.941388888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Carnallite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur

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 Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Carnallite Gypsum Kieserite None Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Bischofite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Opal ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	2	71736,71738	42
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	71724,71730,71733,71734	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	71736	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	6	71722,71724,71730,71733,71734,71735	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	71722,71724,71729,71730,71731,71734,71736	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	71736,71738	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	2	71736,71738	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	71736	80
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	1	71734	38
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71734	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71733,71734	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	11	71722,71724,71727,71728,71729,71730,71731,71733,71734,71735,71740	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	71736	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110071	Giona Mine, Milena (Milocca), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R110071

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