Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Allai
Asuni
Bosa
Ghilarza-Ardauli
Masullas
Montresta
Mt. Arci
Narbolia
Nughedu Santa Vittoria
Scano Di Montiferro
Zuri-Soddì Petrified Forest

Latitude: 39°57'8"N
Longitude: 8°48'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.952222222222,8.8052777777778

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Amorphous	Analcime	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Erionite	Fluorite	Garnet
Lévyne	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Topaz	Tridymite
Wardite

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cowlesite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lead ()*
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*	Osumilite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Topaz ()*
Tridymite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Amorphous Analcime Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Erionite Fluorite Garnet
Lévyne Marcasite Mica Milarite Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Thomsonite Topaz Tridymite
Wardite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	71401	2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71411	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	5	71402,71403,71406,71407,71421	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	71406	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	71403,71418	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	71402,71403,71406,71407,71419	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	71403	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	71404,71406,71410	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	71408	363
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	71411,71414	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	71404	4165
Cowlesite ()*	None	Ca(Al₂Si₃)O₁₀·5-6H₂O	1	71407	84
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71410	453
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	71404	60
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	71403	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71419	8173
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	71407	31
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	71401,71416	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	71400,71401,71416,71418	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71402	7437
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1	71418	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	71411,71412,71414,71416,71418	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71416	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	71403,71404,71405,71407	1271
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	71416	192
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	1	71407	42
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	71416	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	71407,71418	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	71400,71401	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	71416	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	3	71402,71407,71421	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	3	71402,71403,71407	405
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2	71411,71412	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71411	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	71407	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	71418	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	71406,71414	2994
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	71411	15
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71416	247
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2	71411,71412	164
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	71408	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71416,71418	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	71400,71401,71404	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	71401,71402,71403,71405,71406,71408,71411,71412,71418,71419	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71419	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	71401,71416	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71404	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	2	71402,71403	189
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3	71402,71403,71407	452
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	71411,71414	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	4	71411,71412,71414,71416	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060385	Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060385

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