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:
Serpa, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 146200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serpa, Beja, Portugal": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Pias
Vale De Vargo
Vila Nova De São Bento
Vila Verde De Ficalho

Latitude: 37°56'41"N
Longitude: 7°35'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.944722222222,-7.5988888888889

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite
Talc

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Malachite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Stibnite
Talc

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	98341	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	98339,98346	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	98341	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	98339	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	98342	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	98341	3531
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	98342,98346	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	98339,98341	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	98339,98341,98342	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	98339	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	98341	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	98341	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98339	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	98339	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	98339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	98339,98341,98344	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	98339	312
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	98344,98346	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	98341	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	98339,98341	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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