Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nebida, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 230928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nebida, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Montecani Mine
Nebida Mine

Latitude: 39°19'46"N
Longitude: 8°26'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.329444444444,8.4394444444444

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	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	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: Ag Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	270	270	2	71326,71327	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	270	270	1	71327	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	1	71327	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	2	71326,71327	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	2	71326,71327	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	2	71326,71327	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	2	71326,71327	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	270	270	1	71327	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	2	71326,71327	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	270	270	2	71326,71327	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	270	270	1	71326	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	270	270	2	71326,71327	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	270	270	2	71326,71327	1066
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	270	270	1	71327	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	1	71326	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	2	71326,71327	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	270	270	1	71327	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	270	270	2	71326,71327	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	2	71326,71327	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
	Hg-00071	270	270				high				Yes		Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Boni et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1	SG131_181

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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