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Locality Name:
Tamara Mt., Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 257984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamara Mt., Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Is Lassinus
San Pietro Mine

Latitude: 39°8'54"N
Longitude: 8°45'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.148333333333,8.7505555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu H O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCovelliteCyanotrichite
DevillineDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumKtenasiteLillianiteLinariteMalachite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

73 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carminite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hammarite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1713442793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21713443419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)171344254
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31713441534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1713442734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1713441588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1713443250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1713449052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6171344919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21713445509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17134411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41713445516
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)417134479
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61713441633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17134427770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O17134488
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2171344178
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4171343154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21713445171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1713444979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2271343,7134427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1713443531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81713441756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS171343966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)171344363
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5171343344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1713444165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1713442970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61713444135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21713449895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1713448173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21713449617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS271343,7134424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1713447437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31713441544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6171343113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1713446890
Hammarite  (*)MeneghiniteCu2Pb2Bi4S917134343
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6171344741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl17134448
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1713441689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6057
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)617134482
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61713441066
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O075
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2171344987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4271343,7134414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217134412537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1713441107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21713445800
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O17134458
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)171344492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O171344428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21713442273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6171344477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3171344733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31713441425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217134439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217134461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2171344454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1713444894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O171344142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1713441153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O171344292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1713442473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS271343,7134421482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21713443337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131713441803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131713445317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101713441395
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3171343297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31713441247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41713441655



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