Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    • Minerals queried: Santite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    P3314553ItalyItalyG15_59G15_59DeepDive-Co-0017DeepDive-Co-0017Santite 14232712165742.535277777778,12.2825
    14444Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 13739551405637.665277777778,14.015555555556
    23887Messina Province, Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 13818501512038.313888888889,15.2
    236210Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 1383734155238.626111111111,15.083888888889
    26841Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 1383734155238.626111111111,15.083888888889
    4499Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 138235914573538.399722222222,14.959722222222
    MD5552La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, ItalyItalySantite 138235914573638.399722222222,14.96
    P336960Tuscany, ItalyItalyG15_59G15_59DeepDive-Co-0017DeepDive-Co-0017Santite 143333610502743.56,10.840833333333
    P3326804Pisa Province, Tuscany, ItalyItalyG15_59G15_59DeepDive-Co-0017DeepDive-Co-0017Santite 143324210361943.545,10.605277777778
    P33130840Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, ItalyItalyG15_59G15_59DeepDive-Co-0017DeepDive-Co-0017Santite 10000000,0
    MDO332067Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, ItalyItaly2067Larderello, Pomarance, Pisa Province, Tuscany, ItalyG15_59G15_59DeepDive-Co-0017DeepDive-Co-0017Santite 14313591052043.233055555556,10.866666666667
    3366USAUSASantite 1374912-83-42-4937.82,-83.713611111111
    3424California, USAUSASantite 1374954-120-44-337.831666666667,-120.73416666667
    3462Inyo Co., California, USAUSASantite 1363553-117-40-936.598055555556,-117.66916666667
    3450Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USAUSASantite 1363728-117-7-1736.624444444444,-117.12138888889
    MD208884Eagle Borax Spring, Death Valley, Inyo Co., California, USAUSASantite 136147-116-52-4136.235277777778,-116.87805555556

    This mineral directly occurs at 3 localities (3 localities according to mindat, 16 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 3 localities at which this mineral occurs, 1 has an age. (5 of the 16 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (0 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (1 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (4 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (1 bottom-level + 10 top/mid-level = 11 total)

       






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