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:
Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 22017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mt Oladri Quarries
Mt Zara Quarry
Ugas Quarry

Latitude: 39°21'49"N
Longitude: 9°3'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.363611111111,9.0602777777778

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Ferrierite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Ferrierite Mica Mordenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

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	3	71574,71575,71576	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71574	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71574	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	71574,71575,71576	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71574	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	71574	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71574	9895
Ferrierite-Mg ()*	Ferrierite	[Mg₂(K,Na)₂Ca_0.5](Si₂₉Al₇)O₇₂·18H₂O	2	71574,71576	34
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	71574	167
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	71574	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	71574	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	71574,71576	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	71574	1236
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	71574	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71574,71575	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71574	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	71574	301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070118	Monastir, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R070118

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