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Locality Name:
Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 289.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 288.3

mindat Locality ID: 29025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Canale Malu (Canali Malu; Genna Spina)
Cuccuru Mairu
Fenugu Sibiri Mine
Fosso Is Bandius Prospect
Genna S'Olioni
Genna Su Padenti Prospect
Nuraxi De Togoro Prospect
Perda De Pibera Mine (Perda 'e Pibera; Riu Planu Is Castangias)
Prameri
Riu Mesu Prospect (Riu 'e Mesu Prospect)
S'Acqua Is Prunas Mine

Latitude: 39°27'24"N
Longitude: 8°36'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.456666666667,8.6030555555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteArthuriteBaryte
BastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasite
EnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHydrotalciteKaolinite
KtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteMelanteriteMicaMillerite
MixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur
SymplesiteTetrahedriteTungstiteUllmanniteValleriiteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

157 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenogorceixite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babánekite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bendadaite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltarthurite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Ferroskutterudite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Geminite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Jamborite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Ktenasite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindackerite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Mahnertite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Natropharmacosiderite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Poitevinite  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Rooseveltite  (*)
Rosiaite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibioclaudetite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Tungstenite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S271558,715662793
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O271558,7156443
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O289.3288.3271558,7156390
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS17156456
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2289.3288.31715632162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3289.3288.31715631534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)271558,715642734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O571555,71558,71560,71564,71566445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb171564363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4271558,71566246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)271558,715663250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs171566379
Arsenogorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617155815
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3271558,71566231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS471555,71556,71558,715669052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6171564919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21715595509
Babánekite  (*)VivianiteCu3(AsO4)2·8H2O271557,715589
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O171558150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17156411547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F171558304
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2271558,71564172
Bendadaite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O17155810
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18289.3288.31715634286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6171558413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7271558,71559450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3171558214
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl17155871
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi871555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71564,71565,715661966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3671555,71557,71558,71560,71564,715661935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)271555,71558716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4289.3288.31715635516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3271558,715641089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb771555,71557,71558,71559,71560,71562,71566175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6271558,715641633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)289.3288.3771557,71558,71559,71560,71563,71564,7156627770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2171558178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2289.3288.3271562,715635171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)571556,71558,71559,71564,715664979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4271558,71566352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O271559,71566925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2289.3288.3771555,71558,71559,71560,71563,71564,7156627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl271557,715581382
Cobaltarthurite  (*)ArthuriteCoFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O1715585
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS571557,71558,71560,71562,71566966
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O171558295
Copper  (*)CopperCu371558,71564,715663846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4171558109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS289.3288.3371558,71563,715664165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O289.3288.3371558,71563,715662970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2171558144
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16171558300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2289.3288.3571558,71559,71563,71564,715669895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O17155897
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4171560910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1715648173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O171558484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O771555,71558,71560,71562,71564,71565,71566814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)471557,71559,71561,71562551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O289.3288.3171563345
Ferroskutterudite  (*)Perovskite SkutteruditeFeAs31715584
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2289.3288.3371558,71563,715649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS289.3288.31071555,71556,71558,71559,71560,71562,71563,71564,71565,7156624243
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)17155823
Geminite  (*)NoneCu2+(AsO3OH)·H2O1715589
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS171558131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)871555,71556,71558,71559,71562,71564,71565,715667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17156230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS171558717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O289.3288.3471558,71563,71565,715666890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6171564741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3471555,71558,71564,7156614640
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)617155857
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O171558103
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)289.3288.3271562,71563469
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)371558,71559,7156157
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]17156632
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6271558,715642228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4271558,715665591
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O17155860
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O17155875
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O371558,71559,71566149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2271558,71559987
Lindackerite  (*)LindackeriteCu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O1715589
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4289.3288.3471555,71558,71562,71563249
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2471555,71558,71564,71565762
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4171566311
Mahnertite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)Cu3(AsO4)2Cl·5H2O1715575
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2289.3288.3571558,71559,71563,71564,7156612537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O271558,7156642
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2471557,71560,71562,715665674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8171562161
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O271559,71566915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS871555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71564,71565,715661066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl571555,71558,71559,71564,715661107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O171558168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2289.3288.3371555,71557,715635800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3289.3288.3171563140
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)289.3288.3171563945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2289.3288.3371557,71561,7156317380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6171558254
Natropharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O17155813
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O17155837
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs289.3288.3871555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71563,71564,71566633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3471557,71558,71560,71566176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)271558,71566492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS471555,71558,71560,71566767
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O271555,71558105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O771555,71556,71557,71558,71562,71564,71566428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)617155851
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2171558142
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O171559265
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O271555,7156599
Poitevinite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·H2O17155813
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4171558131
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3271557,71558733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3371557,71558,715661425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2289.3288.3971556,71557,71558,71559,71560,71562,71563,71564,7156639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl271564,715661725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8571557,71558,71559,71564,715659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2289.3288.31071555,71556,71557,71558,71559,71560,71561,71562,71563,7156461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2671555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71566233
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O17155848
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O17155855
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)271558,7156438
Rosiaite  (*)NonePbSb2O61715588
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2771555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71564,71566317
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O17155840
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)289.3288.31715634894
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)17155830
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O771555,71556,71558,71560,71564,71565,715661153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6171558134
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3171565179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)289.3288.3671555,71558,71559,71563,71564,715666417
Silver  (*)CopperAg471555,71558,71565,715665186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3289.3288.3771555,71557,71558,71560,71562,71563,71564531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS289.3288.3771555,71557,71558,71560,71563,71564,7156621482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)271562,7156652
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)371558,71564,71566446
Stibioclaudetite  (*)NoneAsSbO31715584
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3271555,715583418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O17155890
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O171558263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS371558,71564,715662045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O471555,71558,71564,7156692
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F289.3288.3371558,71563,71564232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F17156455
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13271557,715585317
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417155866
Tungstenite  (*)MolybdeniteWS217156128
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O171562118
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS271558,71566293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2171565106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3471558,71564,71565,71566369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]171558237
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)289.3288.3171563939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)289.3288.31715635251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00313289.3288.3288.8±0.5Re-Os molybdenitePerda Pibera (Arburese)  MolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, MolybditeMo131100Perda De Pibera Mine (Perda 'e Pibera; Riu Planu Is Castangias), Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, ItalyPerda PiberaBoni et al. (2003) MESD2003_247 

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