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Locality Name:
Barroso-Alvão Pegmatite Field, Vila Real, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 209261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barroso-Alvão Pegmatite Field, Vila Real, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lousas Aplite-pegmatite

Latitude: 41°36'11"N
Longitude: 7°42'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.603055555556,-7.7130555555556

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Fe H Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ta U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAutuniteBerylChildreniteClayColumbiteDufréniteFairfielditeFeldspar
FluoriteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
ReddingiteRutileSphaleriteStauroliteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Eucryptite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Ferronigerite-2N1S  (*)Ferronigerite-6N6S  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Petalite  (*)
Phosphoferrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zabuyelite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811003594286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211003595171
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O60518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O60289
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O0139
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O1100359128
Eucryptite  (*)PhenakiteLiAlSiO4110035929
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1100359108
Ferronigerite-2N1S  (*)None(Al,Fe,Zn)2(Al,Sn)6O11(OH)110035914
Ferronigerite-6N6S  (*)None(Al,Fe,Zn)3(Al,Sn,Fe)8O15(OH)11003595
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11003592740
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60173
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)1100359200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110035917380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21100359247
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O101100359124
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O031
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110035961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211003595614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61100359688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1100359978
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)0313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1100359939
Zabuyelite  (*)NoneLi2(CO3)011
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11003595251



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