Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iglesiente District, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 470
Youngest recorded age at locality: 458

mindat Locality ID: 2126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iglesiente District, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°33'32"N
Longitude: 9°30'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.558888888889,9.5027777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Cl Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	470	458	2734
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	470	458	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	470	458	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	470	458	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	470	458	1689
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	470	458	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	470	458	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	470	458	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	470	458	21482

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
	sedznpb-00269	470	458	Middle Ordovician											2126	Iglesiente District, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy	Iglesiente	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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