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Locality Name:
Sarroch, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 289.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288.2

mindat Locality ID: 192734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarroch, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Balloi
Punta De Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu)
Sa Bidda Beccia
Sa Stria Dam

Latitude: 39°4'53"N
Longitude: 8°58'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.081388888889,8.9763888888889

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.

Aeschynite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Betpakdalite
Bismutite	Brookite	Bulachite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gelosaite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Matlockite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Sulphur	Thortveitite	Wavellite	Zircon

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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Betpakdalite
Bismutite Brookite Bulachite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Gelosaite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Matlockite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Sulphur Thortveitite Wavellite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismoclite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brookite ()*	Bulachite ()*
Cabvinite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Corkite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gelosaite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ichnusaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koechlinite ()*	Kolbeckite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mambertiite ()*	Mansfieldite ()*	Melkovite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nuragheite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sardignaite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Suseinargiuite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tancaite-(Ce) ()*	Thorbastnäsite ()*	Thorite ()*	Thortveitite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	289.2	288.2	1	71264	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	71266	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	71266	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	289.2	288.2	1	71264	4286
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	289.2	288.2	1	71264	214
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	289.2	288.2	1	71264	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	716
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	700
Bulachite ()*	Bulachite	Al₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₉(H₂O)₄·2H₂O			1	71266	5
Cabvinite ()*	Not in a structural group	Th₂F₇(OH)·3H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	71263	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	27770
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	26
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71266	27198
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	70
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	71267	151
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	9895
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	289.2	288.2	1	71264	24243
Gelosaite ()*	Not in a structural group Gelosaite	BiMo⁶⁺_(2-5x)Mo⁵⁺_6xO₇(OH)·H₂O (0 < x < 0.4)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	3
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71266	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	289.2	288.2	1	71264	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	289.2	288.2	1	71264	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	289.2	288.2	1	71264	367
Ichnusaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Th(MoO₄)₂·3H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71266	5591
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	39
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	26
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	12537
Mambertiite ()*	Gelosaite	BiMo⁵⁺_2.8O₈(OH)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2
Mansfieldite ()*	None	Al(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	71266	42
Melkovite ()*	Betpakdalite	CaFe³⁺₂Mo₅O₁₀(PO₄)₂(OH)₁₂·8H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	4
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71266	17380
Nuragheite ()*	Not in a structural group	Th(MoO₄)₂·H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71266	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	71266	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	289.2	288.2	3	71264,71266,71267	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	66
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	289.2	288.2	1	71264	5614
Sardignaite ()*	Not in a structural group	BiMo₂O₇(OH)·2H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	71266	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	289.2	288.2	1	71264	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	263
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2045
Suseinargiuite ()*	Scheelite	(Na_0.5Bi_0.5)(MoO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	289.2	288.2	1	71264	232
Tancaite-(Ce) ()*	Not in a structural group	FeCe(MoO₄)₃·3H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	2
Thorbastnäsite ()*	Bastnäsite	ThCa(CO₃)₂F₂·3H₂O	289.2	288.2	1	71264	14
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	289.2	288.2	1	71264	54
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	71263	374
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	289.2	288.2	2	71264,71267	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	289.2	288.2	1	71264	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00224	289.2	288.2	288.7±0.5	Re-Os			molybdenite	Su Seinargiu 2 (Sulcis)			Molybdenite	Molybdenite, Sardignaite, Gelosaite, Tancaite-(Ce)	Mo	30503	Punta De Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy	Su Senargiu	Boni et al. (2003)		MESD2003_247

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070243	Sa Malesa, Sa Bidda Beccia, Sarroch, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070243

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