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Locality Name:
Caprera Island, La Maddalena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 131197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caprera Island, La Maddalena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Spessartine  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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