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Locality Name:
Vela Nordeste Quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 245166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vela Nordeste Quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°27'5"N
Longitude: 7°18'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.451388888889,-7.3030555555556
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 Mn O P Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe H Mn O P Si Sn Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArthuriteColumbiteHureauliteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutile
StewartiteStrunziteTopaz

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Frondelite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O055
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)20606
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5052
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O0125
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O048
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476


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