Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 132114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Agualva
Algueirão - Mem Martins
Almargem Do Bispo
Belas
Cacém
Colares
Montelavar
Pero Pinheiro
Rio De Mouro
São João Das Lampas
São Pedro De Penaferrim
Sintra Mountain

Latitude: 38°50'19"N
Longitude: 9°22'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.838611111111,-9.3702777777778

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	Analcime	Aragonite	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Schorl ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baddeleyite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tourmaline Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	99742,99761	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	99766,99767	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	99767	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	99752	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	99745,99761,99766,99767	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	99752	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	99738,99740,99742,99744,99747,99752,99758,99761,99764,99767	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	99744	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	99767	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	99745	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	99767	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	99755,99764,99765,99767	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	99743,99752	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	2	99745,99767	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	99744	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	99742,99745,99766,99767	14899
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	99752	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99767	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	99761	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	99742	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	99762,99767	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	99741,99752,99758,99761,99764,99767	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	99745	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	99743,99745,99749,99755,99767	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	99752	301
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	99767	2705
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	99761	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	99743,99752	458
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	4	99749,99764,99766,99767	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	99767	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	99744,99745,99752	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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