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Locality Name:
Corvaceira Quarry, Chãs De Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 64492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corvaceira Quarry, Chãs De Tavares, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°37'42"N
Longitude: 7°38'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.628333333333,-7.6480555555556
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBerauniteBerylFeldsparFluoriteHureauliteNoneOlivinePhosphosiderite
QuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteStewartiteVivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)0204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)0155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O031
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)080
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O048
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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