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Locality Name:
Santa Teresa Di Gallura, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 279491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Teresa Di Gallura, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Punta Falcone

Latitude: 41°15'27"N
Longitude: 9°13'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.2575,9.2316666666667

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 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: 
AllaniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteNone
PyriteQuartzRutileSpinelZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)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)1714928803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171492706
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17149227770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1714928173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1714927437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317149214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41714925591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417149214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1714924924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1714922349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217149239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217149261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21714925614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1714925251



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