Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.00376
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.00205

mindat Locality ID: 4379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
A Cañiza
Caldas De Reis
Cangas
Forcarei
Fornelos De Montes
Gondomar
Lalín
O Rosal
Oia
Ponteareas
Porriño
Silleda
Tomiño
Vigo
Vila De Cruces (Carbia)
Vilagarcía De Arousa

Latitude: 42°26'30"N
Longitude: 8°41'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.441666666667,-8.6925

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Astrophyllite	Autunite	Bastnäsite
Beraunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Coronadite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	Hureaulite	Jahnsite
Löllingite	Laueite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Modderite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Parisite	Pentlandite	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite	Phosphophyllite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite
Strunzite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite	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: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Astrophyllite Autunite Bastnäsite
Beraunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Coronadite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Humite Hureaulite Jahnsite
Löllingite Laueite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Modderite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Parisite Pentlandite Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Phosphophyllite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhabdophane Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite
Strunzite Titanite Tourmaline Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite Zircon

103 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Autunite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bendadaite ()*	Beraunite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bolivarite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Childrenite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Dravite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Epidote ()*	Evansite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paravauxite ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Phosphophyllite ()*	Planerite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Rittmannite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Tschermakite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Westerveldite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0.00376	0.00205	2	110435,110455	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			6	110423,110428,110429,110438,110445,110447	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	110445,110447	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0.00376	0.00205	4	110423,110428,110436,110438	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	110445,110447	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	110452	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	110423	1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110423	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	110441,110452	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	0.00376	0.00205	2	110435,110455	161
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	1272
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	110447	304
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)			1	110445	255
Bendadaite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	110441	10
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			2	110429,110438	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0.00376	0.00205	5	110423,110428,110429,110436,110438	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	110447	1935
Bolivarite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃·4H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	0		4
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	2	110436,110452	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	110445,110447	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			7	110429,110438,110447,110450,110452,110458,110459	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	110423	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			2	110445,110447	577
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	110428	93
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	110423	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄			1	110423	321
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	110423	236
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	110447	227
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	110423	648
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	110428	128
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	110445,110447	8173
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O			1	110454	56
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110423	271
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆			1	110423	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0.00376	0.00205	5	110423,110428,110429,110436,110438	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0.00376	0.00205	4	110435,110445,110447,110455	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	110423	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	110447	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	110452	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	110452	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	110445	14640
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	125
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)			2	110429,110438	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	110423	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O			1	110447	99
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	762
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110423	238
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	110457	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	110447	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	110423	161
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.00376	0.00205	5	110428,110435,110445,110447,110461	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	110423	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	110447,110458,110459	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)			3	110428,110429,110438	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.00376	0.00205	7	110423,110428,110436,110438,110445,110447,110452	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	110423	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	110445,110447	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	110445,110447	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	110445	2349
Paravauxite ()*	Laueite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	19
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂			1	110447	112
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	110423	1512
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	110441	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)			1	110423	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	110423	2273
Phosphophyllite ()*	Phosphophyllite	Zn₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	29
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	110452	43
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	110445	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.00376	0.00205	9	110423,110436,110441,110443,110445,110447,110452,110458,110459	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	110447	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	110423,110447	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.00376	0.00205	15	110423,110428,110429,110432,110436,110438,110441,110443,110445,110447,110450,110452,110458,110459,110461	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O			1	110447	66
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0.00376	0.00205	2	110435,110455	375
Rittmannite ()*	Jahnsite	(Mn²⁺,Ca)Mn²⁺(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺,Mg)₂(Al,Fe³⁺)₂(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·8H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	10
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	0.00376	0.00205	2	110436,110441	206
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			4	110423,110445,110447,110452	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	110458,110459	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	110445,110447	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	110441,110457	1153
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	110428	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0.00376	0.00205	2	110436,110447	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	110429,110438	688
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O			1	110445	268
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	2	110436,110452	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	98
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	110447	232
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	110438	99
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	110423,110445,110447	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110423	2562
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	313
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	110423	73
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	110452	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	110452	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0.00376	0.00205	1	110436	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	110452	374
Westerveldite ()*	Modderite	FeAs			1	110423	11
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	110447	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0.00376	0.00205	8	110423,110428,110435,110436,110438,110445,110447,110455	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	110423	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_389	Pigotite occurs as a biomineral in granitic caves of NW Spain. The organic acids from the vegetation above the cave are essential for the pigotite mineralization.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_389	0.00376	0.00205	0.00376-0.00205	C	Age of pigotite spleotherm			Stalactite Trapa-1 (outside), Stalagmite Trapa-1 (				Pigotite		281013	Mt Galiñeiro, Vincios, Gondomar, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain	Monte Galiñeiro - Trapa Cave	Romaní et al. (2010)		GRPE16_337	Age of pigotite spleotherm. Age range taken from inner stalagmite (minimum) to outer stalactite (maximum) of three samples. See Tab. 6.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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