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:
Lugar Da Nave Quarry, Nave, Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 46366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lugar Da Nave Quarry, Nave, Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°17'48"N
Longitude: 8°33'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.296666666667,-8.5630555555556

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Natrolite None Pyrite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Spinel Tridymite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	444
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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