Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 135361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Crabulazzu Mine (Crabulassu Mine; Crabulatzu Mine; Crabulazzu-Gragonti Mine)
Gennamari Mine
Ingurtosu Mine
Nieddoris Mine
Punta Su Guardianu Prospect
Tintillonis Mine (Genna Sitzia; Sa Roa; Punta Tomasu; Riu Castangia)

Latitude: 39°30'17"N
Longitude: 8°30'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.504722222222,8.5122222222222

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	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite
Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Millerite	Mixite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	hauchecornite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Covellite
Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Millerite Mixite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Symplesite Tetrahedrite
Tourmaline Ullmannite Vivianite Wurtzite hauchecornite

84 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bottinoite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corkite ()*
Covellite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Safflorite ()*
Schorl ()*	Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Symplesite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	71519	2793
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	71517,71520	90
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	5	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	71518,71519	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	71519,71520	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71520,71523	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	71518,71519,71520,71523	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	71519	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	71518,71519,71520	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	71518,71519,71520,71523	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	71518	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	71519	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	71520	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	71520	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	71520	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	71519	5516
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	1	71520	16
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	71520	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	71517	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71518,71520	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	3	71518,71519,71520	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	71519	925
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	71519	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	71520	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	71517,71518	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	71518	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2	71520,71524	966
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	71518	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	4165
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	71518	378
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71523	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71523	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71520	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	71517,71518,71520,71523	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	71518,71519	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71518	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	71518,71523	6890
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈	1	71520	27
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	71523	741
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	71519	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	1	71519	97
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71519	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	71518,71519,71520	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	71519	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	71518	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	71519,71520	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	71519	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	71520	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	4	71517,71518,71520,71523	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	71517	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71523	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	71520	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	3	71519,71520,71524	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	71520	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	71519,71520	767
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71517	477
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	71520	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	71520	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	71518,71519,71520	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	71520	233
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	71520	312
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	71520	317
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71523	2705
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	71520	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	71517,71518,71519,71520,71524	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	71519,71520	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	71520	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	71519	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523,71524	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	71520	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	71520	3418
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	71520	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5	71517,71518,71519,71520,71523	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	2	71519,71520	293
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	71520	369
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	4	71517,71518,71519,71523	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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