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Locality Name:
Mt. Mazzolu, Arzachena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 279035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. Mazzolu, Arzachena, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lu Patenti Quarry

Latitude: 41°7'0"N
Longitude: 9°20'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.116666666667,9.3416666666667

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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmorphousApatiteCalciteChabaziteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteHeulanditeKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnite
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStilbiteTitaniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1714438803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171443706
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)171443161
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171443255
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17144327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O171443310
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1714438173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1714432740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21714439617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1714437437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1714432812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317144314640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O171443246
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41714435591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1714431271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417144314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21714435800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)171443945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1714431508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217144317380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1714432994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21714431898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217144339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217144361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21714435614
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O171443268
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1714434899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1714435251



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