Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arburese, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 8468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arburese, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arbus Pluton (Arburese Pluton)
Sant'Antonio Di Ingortosu Vein (Sant'Antonio Di Gennamari Vein)
Southern Arburese Ore Deposits

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Löllingite	Mica	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corkite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorite ()*	Foitite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Oxy-schorl ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sekaninaite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As H Ni O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Löllingite Mica Monazite
Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71513	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	71513	1310
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	71515	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	71515	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	71515	1935
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	1	71515	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71515	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	71515	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	71515	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	71515	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	71515	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	71513	1008
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	71514	151
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	71513	327
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	71515	551
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	71513	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	71513	9617
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71513	75
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	71515	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	71513	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	71513	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	71513	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	71513	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	71513	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	71515	633
Oxy-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	1	71513	9
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	71515	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	71515	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	71513,71515	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	71515	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	71515	317
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	71513	2705
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	71513	35
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71515	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	71515	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	71515	531
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	71513	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	71515	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	71515	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	71513	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	71513	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	71513	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	71514	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	71513	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	71513	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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