Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Viana Do Castelo, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 225967
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225967.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viana Do Castelo, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Afife
Alvarães
Amonde
Carreço
Freixeiro De Soutelo
Lanheses
Mazarefes
Meixedo
Montaria
Nogueira
Outeiro
Serra De Arga
Torre
Vila De Punhe
Vila Fria
Vila Mou
Vilar De Murteda

Latitude: 41°45'0"N
Longitude: 8°44'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.75,-8.7488888888889

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hureaulite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite
Pyrite	Quartz	Reddingite	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Eosphorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Goyazite ()*	Hureaulite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reddingite ()*
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rosemaryite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorzalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wyllieite ()*

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 As Au B Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Columbite Copper Diaspore
Dufrénite Feldspar Fluorite Hureaulite Kaolinite Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite
Pyrite Quartz Reddingite Rockbridgeite Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Vivianite

34 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)	1	100313	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	2	100283,100313	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	100281,100282,100286,100288,100290,100294,100296,100298,100310	9052
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	100313	59
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	26	100281,100282,100284,100286,100288,100290,100291,100292,100293,100294,100295,100296,100297,100298,100299,100300,100301,100302,100303,100304,100305,100306,100307,100309,100310,100319	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	100282,100286,100294,100310	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	100313	93
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	100313	518
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	100313	310
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	100290	139
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	100313	128
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	100313	2740
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	100313	445
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	100315	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	100281,100309	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	100313	173
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	100290	125
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	100279	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	100290	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	100313	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	100290,100313	17380
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	100290	182
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	100281,100282,100284,100286,100288,100290,100294,100296,100298,100310	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	100281,100288,100290,100298,100313,100315	61156
Reddingite ()*	Reddingite	Mn²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	100290	24
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	100290	206
Rosemaryite ()*	None	NaMn²⁺(Fe³⁺Al)(PO₄)₃	1	100313	7
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	100277,100290	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	100313	60
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	100282,100286,100294,100296,100310	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	100313	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	100313	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	100290	636
Wyllieite ()*	None	NaNaMn(Fe²⁺Al)(PO₄)₃	1	100313	17

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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