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Locality Name:
Muravera, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 59199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muravera, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bacu Arrodas Mine (Baccu Arrodas Mine; Bacu Arrodas-S'Arrexini Mine)
Capo Ferrato
Nuraghe Rio Molas Prospect (Coa De Riu Molas Prospect)
Santa Lucia Prospect (Santa Maria Prospect; Ludu Arrubiu Prospect; Piscina Derra Prospect)
Senni Su Braccu Prospect (Ziu Marinu Prospect; Su Tidori Prospect; Perda Lada Prospect; Nuraghe Maria Lai Prospect; Casa Lai Prospect; Su Zipperi Prospect; Monte Nieddu Mannu Prospect)

Latitude: 39°23'57"N
Longitude: 9°34'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.399166666667,9.5730555555556
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournonite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHarmotomeLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMillerite
MixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetrahedriteUllmanniteVesuvianite
VivianiteWollastoniteXanthoconite

79 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1716132793
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O17161690
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1716178803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31716131534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21716133092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O171613445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1716163250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs171613379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS271613,716169052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21716165509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)371613,71615,7161711547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4171613343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41716135516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31716131089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb171613175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61716161633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)471613,71615,71616,7161727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1716134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2471613,71615,71616,7161727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1716131382
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3171616127
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS171613966
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4171616109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4171616175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS271613,716164165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61716134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21716159895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O171613814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)171616551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2371613,71615,716179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS471613,71615,71616,7161724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1716167437
Gold  (*)CopperAu17161330554
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O17161619
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O271613,716156890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O171613290
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1716131689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61716162228
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1716131271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2171613265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2171616987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2171613762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217161612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2271613,716165674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1716131066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21716135800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217161717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs171613633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)171616492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3171616511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1716172349
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O171616105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O171616428
Platinum  (*)CopperPt171614485
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]171613716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3171613733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31716131425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2471613,71615,71616,7161739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1716131725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS317161384
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81716139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2471613,71615,71616,7161761156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2171613233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2171613317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1716164894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1716161153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1716136417
Silver  (*)CopperAg271613,716155186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS371613,71615,7161621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41716131934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4171613586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1716132045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21716133337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131716135317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS171613293
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101716131395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31716131247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41716131655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O17161684


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