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:
Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 279188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oridda Valley, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barrasciutta Mine

Latitude: 39°22'8"N
Longitude: 8°36'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.368888888889,8.6063888888889

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vesuvianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71299	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	71299	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71299	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71299	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	71299	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71299	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	71299	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71299	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71299	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71299	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71299	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	71299	1689
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	71299	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	71299	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71299	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71299	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71299	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	71299	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71299	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	71299	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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