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


mindat Locality ID: 132175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burcei, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Is Luargius Prospect
Nicola Secci Mine
Pisigoni Prospect (Pisigoni And Corongiau Prospects)
S'Arcilloni Mine
S'Arcu Mannu Mine (Bruncu Arrubiu Mine)

Latitude: 39°23'59"N
Longitude: 9°25'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.399722222222,9.4205555555556
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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHarmotomeLöllingiteLinarite
MarcasiteMilleriteMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetrahedriteUllmanniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S371607,71608,716102793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31716081534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21716083092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O171608445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb171608363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs271608,71611379
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)371607,71608,7161011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4171608343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41716075516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb171610175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)371607,71608,7161027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)371607,71608,716104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2271608,7161027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl271608,716111382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS271608,71610966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1716074165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2271608,716109895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1716108173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O171608814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2471607,71608,71610,716119617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS471607,71608,71609,7161024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1716106890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O171608290
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1716081271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2171607987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2171610762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417160814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2271608,716105674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS271608,716101066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1716071107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4271607,71608247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2271607,716085800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs271608,71610633
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31716101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2371607,71608,7161039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1716081725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8271608,716109056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2371607,71608,7161061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1716106417
Silver  (*)CopperAg371608,71610,716115186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS371607,71608,7161021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1716072045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21716083337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131716085317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS171610293
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10271608,716101395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31716081247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4271607,716081655


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