Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bosa, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 21998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bosa, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cape Marrargiu
Porto Managu

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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Wardite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cyrilovite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Goethite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stilbite Thomsonite Wardite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	71403	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71403	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71403	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	71403	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71404	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	71404	4165
Cyrilovite ()*	Wardite	NaFe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	71404	60
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	71403	300
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	71403,71404	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	71403	405
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	71404	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71403	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71404	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	71403	189
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	71403	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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