Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lu Patenti Quarry, Mt. Mazzolu, Arzachena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 244620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lu Patenti Quarry, Mt. Mazzolu, Arzachena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°7'1"N
Longitude: 9°20'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.116944444444,9.3416666666667

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Apatite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilbite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Apatite Calcite Chabazite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Heulandite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilbite Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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