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Locality Name:
Paços De Ferreira, Porto, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paços De Ferreira, Porto, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Arreigada

Latitude: 41°14'46"N
Longitude: 8°24'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.246111111111,-8.4
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mn Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteBerylClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileTitaniteTourmalineTriplite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Beryl  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Titanite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51999641310
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181999644286
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1999648173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1999642740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31999645433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41999641507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219996417380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219996461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21999645614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1999642705
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1999644899
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F199964233


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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