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:
Barbusi, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 279879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279879.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sa Corona 'e Sa Craba

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Leucophosphite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Taranakite

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Robertsite ()*	Spheniscidite ()*	Strengite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vashegyite ()*	Walthierite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Leucophosphite None Quartz Rutile Serpentine Taranakite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71288	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71288	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	71288	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71288	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	71288	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71288	9895
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	71288	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71288	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	71288	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71288	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	71288	367
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	71288	359
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71288	128
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	71288	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	71288	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	71288	36
Spheniscidite ()*	Leucophosphite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	71288	4
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	71288	263
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	71288	57
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	71288	433
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	1	71288	28
Walthierite ()*	Alunite	Ba_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	71288	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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