Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Orani, Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 135362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orani, Nuoro Province, Sardinia, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lasasai Mine
Punta Is Paduleddas Mine
Sa Matta Mine
San Francesco Mine
Su Venosu Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Amesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71374	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71374	706
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	71375	74
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71375	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	71375	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71375	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71374	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	71375	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	71375,71376	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	71375,71376	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	71375,71376	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71374	4924
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71375	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71375,71376	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	71375	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	71375,71376	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71374,71375	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	71373,71375,71376,71377	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	71374,71375	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71375	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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