Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Monte Vulture, Rionero In Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 68278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Vulture, Rionero In Vulture, Potenza Province, Basilicata, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°57'2"N
Longitude: 15°38'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.950555555556,15.635833333333

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Fairchildite	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sodalite
Spinel

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: Al C Ca F H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Fairchildite Feldspar None Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Sodalite
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Lazurite ()*	Nyerereite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	37
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	18
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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