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


mindat Locality ID: 31195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Assemini, Cagliari Metropolitan City (Metropolitan City Of Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
San Leone Iron Mine
San Leone Radioactive Anomalies

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 C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGermaniteIlvaiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePhosphuranylitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWollastonite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Autunite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metasaléeite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sabugalite  (*)
Saléeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21712503419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51712501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31712501534
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O271250,712511272
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)171250161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17125027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217125027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1712508173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2171250129
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21712509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17125024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31712501544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6171250741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317125014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)171250197
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1712501487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417125014899
Metasaléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O17125111
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O171251443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21712505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217125017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1712502349
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)2271250,7125163
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O171251182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217125039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81712509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217125061156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S1617125037
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21712505614
Sabugalite  (*)NoneHAl(UO2)4(PO4)4·16H2O271250,7125187
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1017125195
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1712504894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1712506417
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O271250,712511059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21712502562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O271250,71251890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101712501395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31712501247



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