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Locality Name:
Villacidro, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villacidro, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Canale Serci Mine (Monti Mannu Mine)
Monte Niu Crobu Mine
Sa Rutedda

Latitude: 39°24'6"N
Longitude: 8°44'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.401666666667,8.7347222222222

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	71668	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	71668	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	71668	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71668	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71668	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	71668	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71668	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	71668,71669,71670	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	71668	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71668	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	71668	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	71668	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	71668	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71668	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	71668	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	71668	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	71668	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71668	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	71668	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	71668	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	71668,71670	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	71668,71669,71670	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71668	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	71668,71669,71670	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71668	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	71668,71670	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	71668	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	71668	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	71668	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	71668	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	71668	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	71668,71670	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	71669	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	71668,71669,71670	17380
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71668	64
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	71668	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71668,71670	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	71668	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71668	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	71668	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	71668,71669,71670	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	71668,71670	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	71668	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	71668,71670	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	71668	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	71668	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	71668	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	71668	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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