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:
Aljezur, Faro, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 133830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aljezur, Faro, Portugal": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aljezur
Rogil

Latitude: 37°21'14"N
Longitude: 8°47'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.353888888889,-8.7936111111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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: Ba C Cu Fe H O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	99135	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	99134	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	99134	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	99132	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	99133	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	99132	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	99134	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	99134	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	99134,99135	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	99134	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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