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Locality Name:
Mesquitela, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 249759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mesquitela, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chão Do Castanheiro

Latitude: 40°35'11"N
Longitude: 7°45'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.586388888889,-7.7513888888889
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 As Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteArthuriteBerauniteBerylChalcopyriteClayFairfielditeFeldspar
HureauliteJahnsiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePharmacosideritePhosphosideritePyriteQuartz
RockbridgeiteTripliteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Frondelite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mitridatite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rittmannite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Strengite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11006468803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11006469052
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1100646136
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O110064655
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811006464286
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110064627198
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O110064651
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O110064672
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11006462740
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5110064652
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O1100646125
Jahnsite-(CaMnMn)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Mn2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O110064618
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1100646155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11006464924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O1100646129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211006465800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110064617380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1100646428
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100646182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110064639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110064661156
Rittmannite  (*)Jahnsite(Mn2+,Ca)Mn2+(Fe2+,Mn2+,Mg)2(Al,Fe3+)2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O110064610
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51100646206
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1100646263
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F1100646233
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1100646636


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