Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 230924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. Arci, Oristano Province, Sardinia, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Marrubiu
Masullas
Pau

Latitude: 39°46'59"N
Longitude: 8°43'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.783055555556,8.7330555555556

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite
Mica	Milarite	None	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Topaz	Tridymite

Almandine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lead ()*	Litharge ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Osumilite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
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: Ag Al Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Fluorite Garnet Marcasite
Mica Milarite None Pseudobrookite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Topaz Tridymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71411	2353
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71410	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	71411,71414	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71410	453
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	71416	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71416	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	71411,71412,71414,71416	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71416	5433
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	71416	192
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	71416	139
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	71416	5674
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	2	71411,71412	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71411	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71414	2994
Osumilite ()*	Milarite	KFe₂(Al₅Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	71411	15
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71416	247
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	2	71411,71412	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71416	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71411,71412	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	71416	5186
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	71411,71414	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	4	71411,71412,71414,71416	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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