Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chaves, Vila Real, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 188331
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188331.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaves, Vila Real, Portugal": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Águas Frias
Anelhe
Bobadela
Eiras
Ervededo
Faiões
Redondelo
Roriz
Santo Estevão
São Julião De Montenegro
Vidago
Vilarelho Da Raia

Latitude: 41°46'2"N
Longitude: 7°26'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.767222222222,-7.4419444444444

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Beryl	Bjarebyite	Calcite	Childrenite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Reddingite	Rutile
Spinel	Tourmaline	Tridymite	Vivianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brushite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ludlamite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mitridatite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrotantite ()*
Perloffite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phosphoferrite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Troilite ()*
Vivianite ()*	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 Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Arseniosiderite Beryl Bjarebyite Calcite Childrenite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Olivine Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz Reddingite Rutile
Spinel Tourmaline Tridymite Vivianite Zircon

27 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)	2	100409,100411	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	100410	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	100411	104
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	10	100383,100390,100391,100395,100398,100400,100404,100405,100406,100407	5171
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	100411	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	100410	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	100410	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	100414	5433
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	100411	66
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	100414	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100411	4924
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	100411	129
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	100410,100411	17380
Natrotantite ()*	None	Na₂Ta₄O₁₁	1	100410	3
Perloffite ()*	Bjarebyite	BaMn²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₃(OH)₃	1	100411	7
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	100410	326
Phosphoferrite ()*	Reddingite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	100411	31
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	100414	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	100381,100383,100384,100385,100387,100388,100390,100391,100393,100395,100397,100398,100400,100402,100404,100405,100406,100407,100409,100410,100411,100414	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	100411	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	100411	6417
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	100414	458
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	100411	313
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	100414	1044
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	100411	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	100411	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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