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Locality Name:
Capoterra, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 284645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capoterra, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Arcu Su Linnarbu

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteAutuniteChalcopyriteCompreignaciteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumMarcasiteMeta-autuniteNatroautuniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhosphosideritePhosphuranylitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSphaleriteSpinelWavellite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bassetite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Coconinoite  (*)
Compreignacite  (*)Corkite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Heterosite  (*)Ianthinite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-ankoleite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metasaléeite  (*)
Metaschoepite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Parsonsite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sabugalite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Soddyite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Threadgoldite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Wavellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yingjiangite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21712542162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31712541534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1712549052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1712541272
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1017125451
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O171254280
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O1712541184
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217125427198
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O17125470
Coconinoite  (*)NoneFe3+2Al2(UO2)2(PO4)4(SO4)(OH)2·20H2O1712549
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O17125427
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6171254151
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O17125481
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17125424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1712547437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1712546890
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)171254204
Ianthinite  (*)NoneU4+2(UO2)4O6(OH)4·9H2O17125431
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61712542228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O171254198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417125414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21712545674
Meta-ankoleite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O17125410
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O171254388
Metasaléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O17125411
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O17125417
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O171254443
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1712542994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1712542349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O171254144
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)217125463
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O171254182
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O171254182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217125439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217125461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21712545614
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O17125487
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1017125495
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)617125494
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)217125444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17125421482
Threadgoldite  (*)NoneAl(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH)·8H2O1712549
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1712541059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21712542718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O171254890
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O171254374
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41712541655
Yingjiangite  (*)PhosphuranyliteK2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6H2O1712549


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080027Arcu Su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R080027
R080028Arcu Su Linnarbu, Capoterra, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R080028

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