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:
Forcarei, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 205320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forcarei, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Forcarei North Pegamtite Field
Forcarei South Pegmatite Field

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Childrenite Clay Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Zircon

16 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	110428,110429	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110428	2353
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	110429	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	110428,110429	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	110429	5171
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	110428	93
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	110428	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	110428,110429	2740
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	1	110429	119
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	110428	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	2	110428,110429	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	110428	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	110428,110429	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	110428	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	110429	688
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	110428	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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