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Locality Name:
Palinuro Seamount, Aeolian Arc Seamounts, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 258874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palinuro Seamount, Aeolian Arc Seamounts, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°31'60"N
Longitude: 14°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.533333333333,14.7
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteMarcasite
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStanniteStibnite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O0178
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


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