Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Giogantinu And Balistreri Peaks, Tempio Pausania, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 276685
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276685.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giogantinu And Balistreri Peaks, Tempio Pausania, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Limbara

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
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 C Ca Ce Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71504	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71504	706
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71504	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71504	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71504	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	71504	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71504	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	71504	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71504	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	71504	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71504	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	71504	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71504	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71504	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71504	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71504	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71504	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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