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Locality Name:
São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 132559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Água De Pau Massif
Lagoa
Nordeste
Ponta Delgada
Povoação
Ribeira Grande
Vila Franca Do Campo

Latitude: 37°55'5"N
Longitude: 25°59'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.918055555556,-25.984444444444
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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAstrophylliteBaddeleyiteBastnäsiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCatapleiite
CeriteChevkiniteClayColumbiteCorundumElpiditeEudialyteFeldsparFluoceriteFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGypsumMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOkanoganite
OlivineParisitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSapphirineScheeliteSodaliteSpinelSteacyite
SulphurTitaniteWöhleriteZirconZirconolite

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)
Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chiappinoite-(Y)  (*)Dalyite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Ekanite  (*)Elpidite  (*)Epididymite  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Ferro-richterite  (*)Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)Fogoite-(Y)  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Huttonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kentbrooksite  (*)
Låvenite  (*)Lorenzenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganoeudialyte  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Narsarsukite  (*)Okanoganite-(Y)  (*)Oneillite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Petarasite  (*)Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sodalite  (*)Steacyite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turkestanite  (*)Vlasovite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6398090,98093,981101022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6198090286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]298090,98093133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)298090,981108803
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O19810692
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3298090,980931534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2198090356
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2198090295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F398090,98092,98093161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6298089,981032060
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2198090238
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F198090304
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)198090115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19810327770
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O198090113
Cerite-(Ce)  (*)Cerite(Ce7Ca2)   Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)319809047
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)219809089
Chiappinoite-(Y)  (*)Not in a structural groupY2Mn(Si3O7)41980901
Dalyite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi6O15298090,9809315
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61980904135
Ekanite  (*)AmorphousCa2ThSi8O2019809016
Elpidite  (*)ElpiditeNa2ZrSi6O15·3H2O19809050
Epididymite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Be2Si6O15·H2O19809070
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6198090414
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)198090371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4298090,98093196
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2498090,98092,98093,9811038
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)219809030
Ferrokentbrooksite  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe2+3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)2398090,98092,9809315
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF319809045
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1980902740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore  (*)None(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2O6F19809018
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21980909617
Fluornatropyrochlore  (*)None(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)2Nb2O6F298091,9809210
Fogoite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F21980921
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1980981188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2198090163
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1981066890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6198090741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3298090,9809314640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)19809055
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)19809037
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3298090,980935433
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2198099179
Kentbrooksite  (*)Eudialyte(Na,REE)15(Ca,REE)6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(F,Cl)219809019
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)419809058
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)19809082
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4398090,98099,9811014899
Manganoeudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa14Ca6Mn3Zr3[Si26O72(OH)2](H2O,Cl,O,OH)61980908
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2298090,981105800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)198090945
Narsarsukite  (*)NoneNa2(Ti,Fe3+)Si4(O,F)1119809034
Okanoganite-(Y)  (*)Okanoganite(Y,REE,Ca,Na,Th)16(Fe3+,Ti)(Si,B,P)10(O,OH)38F101980902
Oneillite  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca3Mn3Fe3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)21980902
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1980902994
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2198090112
Petarasite  (*)NoneNa5Zr2Si6O18(Cl,OH)·2H2O1980906
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6198090121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219809039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81980999056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2498090,98092,98093,9811061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)698089,98090,98091,98092,98093,98110598
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl198090444
Steacyite  (*)SteacyiteK0.3(Na,Ca)2ThSi8O20298090,980938
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS298105,981062045
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1980901006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O298090,980934899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21980902562
Turkestanite  (*)Steacyite(K,   )(Ca,Na)2ThSi8O20·nH2O1980909
Vlasovite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi4O111980909
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)498090,98091,98093,981105251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7198090140


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