Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sa Marchesa Mine, Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sa Marchesa Mine, Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias 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.

Calcite	Devilline	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Devilline Malachite None Not in a structural group Rutile Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Brianyoungite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	79
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	158
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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