Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castelo De Vide, Portalegre, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 134070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castelo De Vide, Portalegre, Portugal": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nossa Senhora Da Graça De Póvoa E Meadas
Santa Maria Da Devesa
Santiago Maior

Latitude: 39°31'2"N
Longitude: 7°31'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.517222222222,-7.5308333333333

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sabugalite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*

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 As B Ba Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99832	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	99833,99835	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	99828	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	99825,99829,99830	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	99832	4286
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	99833,99835	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	99825,99829,99830	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	99832	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	99825,99829,99830	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	99833,99835	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99832	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	99825,99829,99830,99832,99833,99835	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	99824,99825,99829,99830,99832,99833,99835	61156
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	1	99828	87
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	99832	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	99825,99829,99830	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	3	99828,99833,99835	1059
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	99828	89

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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