Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arbus Pluton (Arburese Pluton), Arburese, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 306432
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306432.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arbus Pluton (Arburese Pluton), Arburese, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Monazite
None	Quartz	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*
Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Oxy-schorl ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Sekaninaite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Mica Monazite
None Quartz Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	327
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	75
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Oxy-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	9
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	35
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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