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Locality Name:
Palmeiras No. 2 Quarry, Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 217914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palmeiras No. 2 Quarry, Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°17'27"N
Longitude: 8°33'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.290833333333,-8.5594444444444
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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBurbankiteCalciteChabaziteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGaidonnayiteMicaNatroliteNonePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneSpinelTitaniteTridymiteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Annite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Sr  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gaidonnayite  (*)Hilairite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Sr  (*)Chabazite(Sr,Ca)2[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O06
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gaidonnayite  (*)GaidonnayiteNa2ZrSi3O9·2H2O021
Hilairite  (*)NoneNa2ZrSi3O9·3H2O018
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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