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Locality Name:
Ballao, Gerrei, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 285518
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285518.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballao, Gerrei, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Corti Rosas Mine

Latitude: 39°34'1"N
Longitude: 9°21'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.566944444444,9.3661111111111
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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCetineiteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsum
MarcasiteNonePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzScheeliteStibniteWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cetineite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kermesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb171593363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1715933250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1715939052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17159311547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41715935516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17159327770
Cetineite  (*)CetineiteNaK5Sb14S6O18(H2O)6001715937
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217159327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61715934135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21715939617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1715936890
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2171593230
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21715935674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217159339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217159361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS171593712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1715934894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3171593179
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)171593446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31715933418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3171593369
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31715931247


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