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Locality Name:
Cabração, Ponte De Lima, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 240576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cabração, Ponte De Lima, Viana Do Castelo, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eiradas Mine
Monte Do Formigoso Mine
Monteiro Mine

Latitude: 41°49'43"N
Longitude: 8°39'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.828611111111,-8.6563888888889
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 B Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O P S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteDufréniteFeldsparLaueiteNonePhosphosideritePyriteReddingiteRockbridgeite
RutileTourmaline

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Evansite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Laueite  (*)Microcline  (*)Olenite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Strengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1100243280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23100241,100242,1002435171
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1100243139
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O110024356
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11002432740
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3110024334
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O110024370
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11002434924
Olenite  (*)TourmalineNaAl3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3(OH)024
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100243182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110024339462
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51100243206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11002432705
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100243263


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