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Locality Name:
Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 132187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bena De Padru
Su Elzu

Latitude: 40°34'58"N
Longitude: 9°2'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.582777777778,9.035

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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Se Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
TetrahedriteVivianite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Creaseyite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fukuchilite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kentrolite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanotekite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Opal  (*)Otavite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schmiederite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Surite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS17147456
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21714743092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1714743250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6171474919
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7171474450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4271473,714745516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6271473,714741633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)271473,7147427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1714744979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1714735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2271473,7147427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O271473,714743531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1714742600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1714733846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1714744165
Creaseyite  (*)NoneCu2Pb2Fe3+2Si5O17·6H2O17147427
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O271473,714742970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)271473,71474378
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O171474814
Fukuchilite  (*)PyriteCu3FeS81714746
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS271473,7147424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)271473,714747437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O271473,714746890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1714741689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61714741066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41714745591
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)17147322
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O171474593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2171474987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2271473,7147412537
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)17147422
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl271473,714741107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)171473362
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1714742994
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)17147425
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2171474158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217147339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1714741725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2271473,7147461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2171474454
Schmiederite  (*)LinariteCu2Pb2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)417147413
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O171474292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1714745186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17147321482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)271473,71474156
Surite  (*)None(Pb,Ca)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(CO3)2(OH)3·0.3H2O1714744
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131714745317
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)17147432
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl271473,71474605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O171474652
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4171474303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41714741655



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