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Locality Name:
Sa Menga Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 131105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sa Menga Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°27'8"N
Longitude: 8°32'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.452222222222,8.5388888888889

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Covellite	Diaspore
Enargite	Gypsum	Hureaulite	Koritnigite	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Symplesite
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Adamite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Koritnigite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nyholmite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spherocobaltite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Covellite Diaspore
Enargite Gypsum Hureaulite Koritnigite Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Symplesite
Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Koritnigite ()*	Koritnigite	Zn(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	8
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	149
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Nyholmite ()*	Hureaulite	Cd₃Zn₂(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·4H₂O	2
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spherocobaltite ()*	None	Co(CO₃)	52
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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