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Pantelleria Island, Trapani Province, Sicily, Italyi
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Trapani ProvinceProvince
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Type:
Age:
0.324 ± 0.01 to 0.0055 ± 0.0001 Ma
Geologic Time:
Dating method:
K-Ar
Reference for age:
Mahood, G. A., & Hildreth, W. (1986). Geology of the peralkaline volcano at Pantelleria, Strait of Sicily. Bulletin of Volcanology, 48(2-3), 143-172.
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Pantelleria3,455 (2017)
Kamma1,206 (2014)
Scauri942 (2014)
Siba - Roncone144 (2014)
Bugeber115 (2014)
Madonna delle Grazie110 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
2098
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:2098:8
GUID (UUID V4):
91a795bb-d4eb-4728-8c0b-30ea2a3d3d91
Other Languages:
French:
Pantelleria, Libre consortium municipal de Trapani (Province de Trapani), Sicile, Italie
German:
Pantelleria, Freie Kommunalkonsortium Trapani (Provinz Trapani), Sizilien, Italien
Italian:
Pantelleria, Libero consorzio comunale di Trapani (Provincia di Trapani), Sicilia, Italia
Russian:
Пантеллерия, Свободный муниципальный консорциум Трапани (Провинция Трапани), Сицилия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
潘泰萊里亞, 特拉帕尼省, 西西里岛, 意大利
Spanish:
Pantelaria, Libre consorcio municipal de Trápani (Provincia de Trápani), Sicilia, Italia
Arabic:
قوصرة, مقاطعة تراباني, صقلية, إيطاليا
Aragonese:
Pantelleria, Provincia de Tràpani, Secilia, Italia
Basque:
Pantelleria, Trapaniko probintzia, Sizilia, Italia
Bulgarian:
Пантелерия, Трапани, Сицилия, Италия
Catalan:
Pantel·leria, Província de Trapani, Sicília, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Pantelleria , Trapani , Sicilia, Italya
Croatian:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilija, Italija
Czech:
Pantelleria, Provincie Trapani, Sicílie, Itálie
Danish:
Pantelleria, Province of Trapani, Sicilien, Italien
Dutch:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilië, Italië
Esperanto:
Pantelleria, Provinco Trapanio, Sicilio, Italio
Estonian:
Pantelleria, Trapani provints, Sitsiilia maakond, Itaalia
Farsi/Persian:
پانتلریا, استان تراپانی, سیسیل, ایتالیا
Finnish:
Pantelleria, Trapanin maakunta, Sisilia, Italia
Galician:
Pantelleria, Provincia de Trapani, Sicilia, Italia
Georgian:
პანტელერია, ტრაპანის პროვინცია, სიცილია, იტალია
Greek:
Παντελλερία, Τράπανι, Σικελία, Ιταλία
Hebrew:
פנטלריה, טרפאני, סיציליה, איטליה
Hungarian:
Pantelleria, Trapani megye, Szicília, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Pantelleria, Provinsi Trapani, Sisilia, Italia
Japanese:
パンテッレリア, トラーパニ県, シチリア, イタリア
Javanese:
Pantelleria, Provinsi Trapani, Sisilia, Itali
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Пантеллерия, Трапани , Сицилия, Италия
Korean:
판텔레리아, 트라파니현, 시칠리아, 이탈리아
Kyrgyz:
Пантеллерия, Сицилия, Италия
Latin:
Cossyra, Consortium Liberum municipale Drepanitanum (Provincia Drepanitana), Sicilia, Italia
Lithuanian:
Pantelerija, Trapanio provincija, Sicilija, Italija
Lombard:
Pantelleria, Pruvincia de Trapani, Sicilia, Italia
Luri:
پانتلریا, سیسیل, ایتالیا
Malay:
Pantelleria, Wilayah Trapani, Sicily, Itali
Mingrelian:
პანტელერია, სიცილია, იტალია
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Pantelleria, Trapani Séng, Sicilia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Pantelleria, Sicilia, Italia
Norwegian:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilia, Italia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Pantelleria, Provinsen Trapani, Sicilia, Italia
Piedmontese:
Pantelleria, Provincia ëd Tràpani, Sicilia, Italia
Polish:
Pantelleria, Prowincja Trapani, Sycylia, Włochy
Portuguese:
Pantelária, Trapani, Sicília, Itália
Romanian:
Pantelleria, Provincia Trapani, Sicilia, Italia
Scots:
Pantelleria, Province o Trapani, Sicily, Italy
Serbian:
Pantelleria, Трапани, Сицилија, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilija, Italija
Sicilian:
Pantiddirìa, Libbiru cunsorziu comunali di Tràpani (Pruvincia di Tràpani), Sicilia, Italia
Slovenian:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilija, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
پانتلریا, تراپانی اوستانی, سیسیل, ایتالیا
Sundanese:
Pantelleria, Italia
Swedish:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilien, Italien
Tagalog:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilia, Italya
Tarantino:
Pantelleria, Provinge de Trapane, Sicilia, Itaglie
Turkish:
Pantelleria, Trapani ili, Sicilya, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Пантеллерія, Трапані , Сицилія, Італія
Urdu:
پینٹیلیریا, صوبہ تراپانی, صقلیہ, اطالیہ
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Pantelleria, Trapani, Italiya
Vietnamese:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilia, Ý
Volapük:
Pantelleria, Litaliyän
Waray:
Pantelleria, Trapani, Sicilia, Italya
Welsh:
Pantelleria, Sisili, Yr Eidal


Island of Pantelleria is a volcanic complex composed of nested calderas characterised by peralkaline volcanic products; basalts occur on the northwestern side of the island. It is located in the northwestern end of the Pantelleria Basin at the center of the Sicily Channel, an extensional area generated since the Late Miocene. The rifting created deep troughs, namely the Pantelleria, Malta, and Linosa basins and favoured localised magma ascent to generate volcanism in Pantelleria and Linosa islands, and in submarine banks. Historical eruptive events in this area date back to 1831 (i.e., Ferdinandea Island) and 1891 (i.e., offshore Foerstner volcano).

The mineral found at the Cuddia Mida parasitic cone (591 m), north flank of Montagna Grande, and described under the name “Natronorthoklas” (Förstner, 1877) was named anorthoclase by Rosenbusch (1885).

Aenigmatite was described by Foerstner (1881) from the pantellerite lavas of Pantelleria under the name “cossyrite” (after Cossyra, the ancient name for Pantelleria). Titanium was not recorded in Foerstner's analysis and for a number of years cossyrite was considered as a varietal name for the apparently titanium-free aenigmatites of Pantelleria. Dittrich, that analysed cossyrite crystals collected by Soellner on the rim of the Cuddia Mida cone, eventually showed that cossyrite was titaniferous (Soellner, 1909). The identity of cossyrite with aenigmatite was confirmed by later studies (Fleischer, 1936; Zies, 1966).

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23 valid minerals. 1 (FRL) - first recorded locality of unapproved mineral/variety/etc. 1 erroneous literature entry.

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Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Aenigmatite
Formula: Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
References:
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Albite var. Andesine
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Albite var. Anorthoclase (FRL)
Formula: (Na,K)AlSi3O8
References:
'Alkali amphibole'
References:
'Alkali Feldspar'
References:
'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
References:
Analcime
Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
References:
Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Anorthite var. Bytownite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Anorthite var. Labradorite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
References:
Arfvedsonite
Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Augite
Formula: (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
References:
Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite
Formula: (Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'
'Chrysolite'
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
References:
Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
References:
Fayalite
Formula: Fe2+2SiO4
References:
Fayalite var. Ferrohortonolite
Formula: (Fe,Mg)2SiO4
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'
References:
'Feldspar Group'
References:
'Ferro-eckermannite'
Formula: NaNa2(Fe2+4Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Description: The amphibole analysis reported by Civetta et al. (1998)correspond to a Ti-rich katophorite root name amphibole.
Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Forsterite
Formula: Mg2SiO4
'Glass'
References:
Hedenbergite
Formula: CaFe2+Si2O6
'Hypersthene'
Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3
References:
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
References:
'Katophorite Root Name Group'
Formula: A(CaNa)(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Description: The amphibole analysis provided by Civetta et al. (1998) from an amphibole in felsic trachytes corresponds to a katophorite root name composition ( Ti rich ferro-katophorite to ferro-ferri-fluoro-katophorite depending on the normalization method)-
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
References:
Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
'Microlite Group'
Formula: A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
References:
Nepheline
Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
References:
Opal
Formula: SiO2 · nH2O
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
References:
'Pyroxene Group'
Formula: ADSi2O6
References:
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
References:
Sanidine
Formula: K(AlSi3O8)
'Sodium-Calcium Amphibole Subgroup'
Formula: An(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZ3+m)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Spinel
Formula: MgAl2O4
Sulphur
Formula: S8
Tuhualite
Formula: NaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
'Microlite Group'4.00.A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Spinel4.BB.05MgAl2O4
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Opal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Fluorapatite8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Group 9 - Silicates
Fayalite
var. Ferrohortonolite
9.AC.05(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
Forsterite9.AC.05Mg2SiO4
Fayalite9.AC.05Fe2+2SiO4
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Hedenbergite9.DA.15CaFe2+Si2O6
Diopside9.DA.15CaMgSi2O6
Augite
var. Titanium-bearing Augite
9.DA.15(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
9.DA.15(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Aegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
'Ferro-eckermannite' ?9.DE.25NaNa2(Fe2+4Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Arfvedsonite9.DE.25[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Aenigmatite9.DH.40Na4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Tuhualite9.DN.05NaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Nepheline9.FA.05Na3K(Al4Si4O16)
Sanidine9.FA.30K(AlSi3O8)
Anorthite
var. Labradorite
9.FA.35(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
var. Bytownite9.FA.35(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Albite
var. Anorthoclase (TL)
9.FA.35(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Anorthite9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Albite
var. Andesine
9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Analcime9.GB.05Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Unclassified
'Hypersthene'-(Mg,Fe)SiO3
'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'-
'Sodium-Calcium Amphibole Subgroup'-An(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZ3+m)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
'Katophorite Root Name Group'-A(CaNa)(Z2+4Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Glass'-
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Chrysolite'-
'Feldspar Group'-
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'-
'Alkali Feldspar'-
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'Alkali amphibole'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
H AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
H Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
H Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
H OpalSiO2 · nH2O
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
H Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
H Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
OOxygen
O AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
O AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
O Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
O AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
O Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
O Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
O Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
O Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
O DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
O FayaliteFe22+SiO4
O Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
O Fayalite var. Ferrohortonolite(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
O FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
O ForsteriteMg2SiO4
O HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
O Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
O OpalSiO2 · nH2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
O SpinelMgAl2O4
O Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
O TuhualiteNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
O Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
O Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
O Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
FFluorine
F Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
F FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
F FluoriteCaF2
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
F Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
F Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
NaSodium
Na AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Na AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Na Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Na Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Na Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Na Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Na Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Na Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Na NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Na TuhualiteNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Na Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Na Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Na Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
MgMagnesium
Mg Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Mg DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Mg Fayalite var. Ferrohortonolite(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
Mg ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Mg Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Mg SpinelMgAl2O4
Mg Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Al AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Al Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Al AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Al Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Al Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Al Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Al Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Al NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Al SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Al SpinelMgAl2O4
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Al Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Al Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Al Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
SiSilicon
Si AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Si AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Si AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6) · H2O
Si Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Si AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Si Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
Si Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Si Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Si Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Si DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Si FayaliteFe22+SiO4
Si Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Si Fayalite var. Ferrohortonolite(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
Si ForsteriteMg2SiO4
Si HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Si Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Si Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Si NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
Si OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
Si TuhualiteNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Si Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Si Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Si Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Si Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
PPhosphorus
P FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S SulphurS8
ClChlorine
Cl Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Cl Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Cl Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
KPotassium
K Albite var. Anorthoclase(Na,K)AlSi3O8
K NephelineNa3K(Al4Si4O16)
K SanidineK(AlSi3O8)
CaCalcium
Ca Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Ca AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Ca Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Ca Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Ca DiopsideCaMgSi2O6
Ca FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Ca Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Ca Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Ca Katophorite Root Name GroupA(CaNa)(Z42+Z3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
Ca Sodium-Calcium Amphibole SubgroupAn(NaCa)(Z2+5-mZm3+)(Si8-(n+m+1)Al(n+m-1)O22)(OH,F,Cl)2
TiTitanium
Ti AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Ti Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Ti Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
FeIron
Fe AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Fe AenigmatiteNa4[Fe102+Ti2]O4[Si12O36]
Fe Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Fe Augite(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6
Fe FayaliteFe22+SiO4
Fe Ferro-eckermanniteNaNa2(Fe42+Al)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe Fayalite var. Ferrohortonolite(Fe,Mg)2SiO4
Fe HedenbergiteCaFe2+Si2O6
Fe Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
Fe TuhualiteNaFe2+Fe3+Si6O15
Fe Augite var. Titanium-bearing Augite(Ca,Na)(Mg,Ti, Fe,Al,)(Si,Al)2O6
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
TaTantalum
Ta Microlite GroupA2-mTa2X6-wZ-n

Geochronology

Mineralization age: Pleistocene : 0.181 ± 0.0012 Ma to 0.084 ± 0.0007 Ma

Important note: This table is based only on rock and mineral ages recorded on mindat.org for this locality and is not necessarily a complete representation of the geochronology, but does give an indication of possible mineralization events relevant to this locality. As more age information is added this table may expand in the future. A break in the table simply indicates a lack of data entered here, not necessarily a break in the geologic sequence. Grey background entries are from different, related, localities.

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Cenozoic
  Quaternary
   Pleistocene
ⓘ Ignimbritic tuff (youngest age)0.084 ± 0.0007 Ma
ⓘ Ignimbritic tuff (oldest age)0.181 ± 0.0012 Ma

Fossils

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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantelleria
Wikidata ID:Q481758
GeoNames ID:6539114

Localities in this Region

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African PlateTectonic Plate

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