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Locality Name:
Nicola Secci Mine, Burcei, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 55796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nicola Secci Mine, Burcei, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°24'10"N
Longitude: 9°25'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.402777777778,9.4186111111111

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltite
CopperFluoriteGarnetHarmotomeMarcasiteMilleriteMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteVesuvianite
VivianiteWollastonite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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