Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 245121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monchique, Monchique, Faro, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nave
Palmeiras No. 2 Quarry
Vale Ruivo Mine

Latitude: 37°17'6"N
Longitude: 8°33'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.285,-8.5583333333333

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gaidonnayite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite
Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Annite ()*
Baryte ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gaidonnayite ()*
Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hilairite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sodalite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Burbankite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gaidonnayite Mica Natrolite
None Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Spinel Titanite
Tridymite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	99155,99156	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99156	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	99156	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	99155,99156	1627
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	99156	356
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	99156,99157	11547
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	1	99156	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	99155,99156	27770
Chabazite-Sr ()*	Chabazite	(Sr,Ca)₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	99156	6
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	99155	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	99156	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	99156	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99156	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	99155,99156	9617
Gaidonnayite ()*	Gaidonnayite	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·2H₂O	1	99156	21
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	99155	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	99155	167
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	99155	14640
Hilairite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₃O₉·3H₂O	1	99156	18
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	99155,99156	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	99155,99156	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	99155,99156	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99156	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	99155,99156	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	99155,99156	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	99156	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	99155,99156	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	99157	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	99155	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99155	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	99155	444
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	99156	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	99156	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	99155,99156	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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