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Locality Name:
Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 135077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Óbidos, Leiria, Portugal": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Amoreira
Gaeiras
Santa Maria
São Pedro
Sobral Da Lagoa

Latitude: 39°21'31"N
Longitude: 9°9'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.358611111111,-9.1663888888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GypsumMalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SpinelTitanite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21996363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1996368803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61996332060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21996385509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)299635,9963627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219963627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81996361756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2299635,996369895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)299635,996368173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O399635,99636,996406890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl299639,996421398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3299635,9963614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3299635,996365433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419963614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2299636,9963812537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1996331236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1996412994
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21996361898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2299635,9963639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2299635,9963661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1996366417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1996364899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21996362562


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