Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 16814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°47'0"N
Longitude: 8°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.783333333333,8.7333333333333

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.

Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Mica	Milarite	None	Pseudobrookite	Quartz	Topaz
Tridymite

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 F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Garnet Mica Milarite None Pseudobrookite Quartz Topaz
Tridymite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Cordierite ()*	Hematite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osumilite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	15
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060385	Funtanafigu Quarry, Marrubiu, Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060385

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