Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pardais, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pardais, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Almagreira Mine
Fonte Da Moura Quarries
Unnamed Quarries

Latitude: 38°43'59"N
Longitude: 7°23'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.733055555556,-7.395

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	99097,99098	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	99097	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	99095	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	99098	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	99097,99098	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	99095	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	99098	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	99097,99098	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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