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:
Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 106427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alcabideche
Carcavelos
Cascais
Estoril
Parede
São Domingos De Rana

Latitude: 38°41'38"N
Longitude: 9°21'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.693888888889,-9.3661111111111

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Sulphur	Tourmaline

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Natrolite None Pyrite
Quartz Sulphur Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99695	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	99702	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	99693,99702	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	99695	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	99693	7437
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	99695	179
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	99702	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	99703	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	99693,99695	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	99694,99696	2705
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	99703	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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