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Locality Name:
Évora, Évora, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 133468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Évora, Évora, Portugal": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nossa Senhora Da Tourega
São Bento Do Mato
Torre De Coelheiros

Latitude: 38°31'49"N
Longitude: 7°55'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.530277777778,-7.9227777777778

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 Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2299022,990275509
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O199027280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19902227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1990225707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2699022,99024,99027,99028,99030,9903127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1990303531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1990274165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS19902824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1990227437
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)199022234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419903114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2399022,99027,9903112537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4299022,99030369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2399022,99028,9903139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81990319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2799022,99023,99024,99027,99028,99030,9903161156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)419902226
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1990301059



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