Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 5552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°23'59"N
Longitude: 14°57'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.399722222222,14.96

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.

Adranosite	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Dansite	Demicheleite	Görgeyite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kobellite	Larderellite
Lillianite	Lucabindiite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Matlockite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Picromerite	Pyracmonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sabieite	Santite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Thermessaite	Tridymite	Vurroite	Wurtzite

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 Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Se Si Sn Te Tl Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adranosite Alum Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arcanite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte
Copper Corundum Cristobalite Dansite Demicheleite Görgeyite Gypsum Halotrichite Kobellite Larderellite
Lillianite Lucabindiite Ludwigite Malachite Matlockite Melanterite Metavoltine None Not in a structural group Olivine
Picromerite Pyracmonite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sabieite Santite Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur Thermessaite Tridymite Vurroite Wurtzite

101 IMA Minerals at location:

Acmonidesite ()*	Adranosite ()*	Adranosite-(Fe) ()*	Aiolosite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*
Alum-(Na) ()*	Aluminopyracmonite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Argesite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Avogadrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Balićžunićite ()*	Barberiite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismoclite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Brontesite ()*	Campostriniite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Challacolloite ()*	Clinometaborite ()*	Sulphur-β ()*	Cossaite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Demartinite ()*	Demicheleite-(Br) ()*
Demicheleite-(Cl) ()*	Demicheleite-(I) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Godovikovite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hephaistosite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Hieratite ()*	Kirkiite ()*	Knasibfite ()*	Kremersite ()*	Lafossaite ()*
Larderellite ()*	Leguernite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Lucabindiite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metaborite ()*	Metavoltine ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Molysite ()*	Mozgovaite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Opal ()*
Panichiite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pseudocotunnite ()*	Pyracmonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rosickýite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Santite ()*	Sassolite ()*	Selenium ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Steropesite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Thénardite ()*	Therasiaite ()*	Thermessaite ()*	Thermessaite-(NH₄) ()*	Tridymite ()*
Tschermigite ()*	Vlodavetsite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Vurroite ()*	Wittite ()*
Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acmonidesite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄,K,Pb,Na)₉Fe²⁺₄(SO₄)₅Cl₈	1
Adranosite ()*	Adranosite	(NH₄)₄NaAl₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	4
Adranosite-(Fe) ()*	Adranosite	(NH₄)₄NaFe₂(SO₄)₄Cl(OH)₂	6
Aiolosite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Na₂Bi)(SO₄)₃Cl	1
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	92
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	12
Aluminopyracmonite ()*	Pyracmonite	(NH₄)₃Al(SO₄)₃	3
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Argesite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄)₇Bi₃Cl₁₆	1
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Avogadrite ()*	Baryte	KBF₄	3
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Balićžunićite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)₂	1
Barberiite ()*	Baryte	(NH₄)BF₄	3
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	71
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	30
Brontesite ()*	None	(NH₄)₃PbCl₅	1
Campostriniite ()*	Görgeyite	(Bi_2.5Na_0.5)(NH₄)₂Na₂(SO₄)₆·H₂O	1
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	41
Challacolloite ()*	None	KPb₂Cl₅	7
Clinometaborite ()*	None	HBO₂	1
Sulphur-β ()*	None	S	5
Cossaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Mg_0.5, )Al₆(SO₄)₆(HSO₄)F₆·36H₂O	1
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	54
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Fe(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	2
Demartinite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	1
Demicheleite-(Br) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSBr	1
Demicheleite-(Cl) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSCl	1
Demicheleite-(I) ()*	Demicheleite	BiSI	2
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	192
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	68
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Godovikovite ()*	Sabieite	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hephaistosite ()*	None	TlPb₂Cl₅	1
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	66
Hieratite ()*	None	K₂SiF₆	7
Kirkiite ()*	None	Pb₁₀Bi₃As₃S₁₉	3
Knasibfite ()*	None	K₃Na₄(SiF₆)₃(BF₄)	1
Kremersite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	12
Lafossaite ()*	None	TlCl	5
Larderellite ()*	Larderellite	(NH₄)B₅O₇(OH)₂·H₂O	2
Leguernite ()*	None	Bi_12.67O₁₄(SO₄)₅	1
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	128
Lucabindiite ()*	Lucabindiite	(K,NH₄)As₄O₆(Cl,Br)	4
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	61
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Metaborite ()*	None	HBO₂	4
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	78
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Molysite ()*	None	FeCl₃	12
Mozgovaite ()*	None	PbBi₄S₇	2
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	128
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Panichiite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂SnCl₆	1
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Pseudocotunnite ()*	None	K₂PbCl₄ (?)	2
Pyracmonite ()*	Pyracmonite	(NH₄)₃Fe(SO₄)₃	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	177
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	712
Rosickýite ()*	None	S	22
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	105
Santite ()*	Santite	KB₅O₆(OH)₄·2H₂O	3
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	31
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Steropesite ()*	None	Tl₃BiCl₆	1
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	190
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Therasiaite ()*	Not in a structural group	(NH₄)₃KNa₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃Cl₅	1
Thermessaite ()*	Thermessaite	K₂AlF₃(SO₄)	2
Thermessaite-(NH₄) ()*	Thermessaite	(NH₄)₂AlF₃(SO₄)	2
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	81
Vlodavetsite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(SO₄)₂F₂Cl·4H₂O	2
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	62
Vurroite ()*	Vurroite	Pb₂₀Sn₂(Bi,As)₂₂S₅₄Cl₆	1
Wittite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀(S,Se)₂₃	15
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130008	La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy	https://rruff.info/R130008

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