Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ploaghe, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 253802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ploaghe, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Badde Ia/Mt. Perucci-Selvani Quarries
Funtanedda Ulumu Quarry

Latitude: 40°40'34"N
Longitude: 8°46'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.676111111111,8.7697222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Ilvaite	Ludwigite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	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: Al B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Ilvaite Ludwigite Mica None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tridymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vonsenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71483	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	71482,71483	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		309
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	71482	197
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	71482,71483	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	71482	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71482,71483	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	0		458
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	0		62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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