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Locality Name:
Capo Pecora, Punta Su Guardianu Prospect, Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 276473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capo Pecora, Punta Su Guardianu Prospect, Arbus, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Perdas Arbas De Sa Gruxi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
FluoriteGypsumMalachiteMicaNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1715232734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1715233250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1715239052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17152311547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1715234979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217152327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1715234165
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)171523648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1715238173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21715239617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17152324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1715237437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1715236890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6171523741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217152312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1715231107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217152317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217152339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1715231725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217152361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1715232705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17152321482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131715235317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41715231655


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