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Locality Name:
San Pietro Mine, Tamara Mt., Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 56421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Pietro Mine, Tamara Mt., Nuxis, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°8'54"N
Longitude: 8°45'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.148333333333,8.7508333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelTalcTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl048
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6082
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O058
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O0142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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