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Locality Name:
Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 257812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Conceição, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gradinha Quarry
Miguel Vacas Mine

Latitude: 38°45'48"N
Longitude: 7°24'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.763333333333,-7.4086111111111

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteCopiapiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileStibniteTurquoiseWavellite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprobismutite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Planerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Reichenbachite  (*)Rutile  (*)Strengite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Waylandite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zapatalite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S419909288
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21990923092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1990929052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21990925509
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)219909296
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1990921966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31990921935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41990925516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61990921633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O199092280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19909227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O199092925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1990925707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219909227198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O19909277
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1990923531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O199092382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1990923846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1990924165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1990922970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2419909243
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1990921027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16199092300
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2199092246
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1990927437
Gold  (*)CopperAu19909230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1990922812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1990926890
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)199092234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)219909212537
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS199092767
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O19909243
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4199092369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219909239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219909261156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)419909226
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21990925614
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O199092263
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O199092484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O199092374
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)619909231
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3199092297
Zapatalite  (*)NoneCu3Al4(PO4)3(OH)9·4H2O1990927



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