Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Azores, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 26161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Azores, Portugal": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Corvo Island
Faial Island (Fayal Island)
Flores Island
Graciosa Island
Pico Island
Santa Maria Island
São Jorge Island
São Miguel Island
Terceira Island

Latitude: 38°36'37"N
Longitude: 28°13'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.610277777778,-28.221111111111

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.

Alum	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Astrophyllite	Baddeleyite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite	Cerite	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Elpidite	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluocerite
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Okanoganite	Olivine	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel
Steacyite	Sulphur	Titanite	Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Astrophyllite Baddeleyite Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Catapleiite Cerite Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Elpidite Eudialyte Feldspar Fluocerite
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Okanoganite Olivine Parisite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Scheelite Sodalite Spinel
Steacyite Sulphur Titanite Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Alum-(K) ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*
Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chiappinoite-(Y) ()*	Dalyite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ekanite ()*	Elpidite ()*	Epididymite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	Fogoite-(Y) ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Huttonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Kentbrooksite ()*	Låvenite ()*
Lorenzenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganoeudialyte ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Narsarsukite ()*	Okanoganite-(Y) ()*	Oneillite ()*	Opal ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*
Petarasite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Steacyite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turkestanite ()*	Vlasovite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zirconolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	3	98090,98093,98110	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	2	98090,98113	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	3	98090,98093,98113	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	98090,98110	8803
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	98106	92
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	98090,98093	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	98090	356
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	98069,98074	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98090	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	3	98090,98092,98093	161
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	98074,98088,98089,98103	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	98090	238
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	98090	304
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	98090	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	98082,98103	27770
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	1	98090	113
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1	98090	47
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	98090	89
Chiappinoite-(Y) ()*	Not in a structural group	Y₂Mn(Si₃O₇)₄	1	98090	1
Dalyite ()*	None	K₂ZrSi₆O₁₅	3	98090,98093,98113	15
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	98090	4135
Ekanite ()*	Amorphous	Ca₂ThSi₈O₂₀	1	98090	16
Elpidite ()*	Elpidite	Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O	1	98090	50
Epididymite ()*	Not in a structural group	Na₂Be₂Si₆O₁₅·H₂O	1	98090	70
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	98090	414
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	6	98064,98065,98068,98074,98090,98113	371
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	2	98090,98093	196
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98113	57
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	4	98090,98092,98093,98110	38
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98090	30
Ferrokentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe²⁺₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	3	98090,98092,98093	15
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	98090	45
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	98090	2740
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	1	98090	18
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	98090	9617
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	None	(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)₂Nb₂O₆F	2	98091,98092	10
Fogoite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	1	98092	1
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	98098	1188
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	98090	163
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	98116	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	98069,98070,98106	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	98090	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	98064,98088,98090,98093,98118	14640
Hingganite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	BeY(SiO₄)(OH)	1	98090	55
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	1	98090	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	98090,98093,98113	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	98099	179
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98113	46
Kentbrooksite ()*	Eudialyte	(Na,REE)₁₅(Ca,REE)₆Mn₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(F,Cl)₂	1	98090	19
Låvenite ()*	Wöhlerite	(Na,Ca)₄(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₂(Zr,Ti,Nb)₂(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	1	98090	58
Lorenzenite ()*	None	Na₂Ti₂O₃(Si₂O₆)	1	98090	82
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	98064,98090,98099,98110,98113	14899
Manganoeudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₄Ca₆Mn₃Zr₃[Si₂₆O₇₂(OH)₂](H₂O,Cl,O,OH)₆	1	98090	8
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	98090,98110	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	98090	945
Narsarsukite ()*	None	Na₂(Ti,Fe³⁺)Si₄(O,F)₁₁	1	98090	34
Okanoganite-(Y) ()*	Okanoganite	(Y,REE,Ca,Na,Th)₁₆(Fe³⁺,Ti)(Si,B,P)₁₀(O,OH)₃₈F₁₀	1	98090	2
Oneillite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₃Mn₃Fe₃Zr₃Nb(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(OH,Cl)₂	1	98090	2
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	98088,98090	2994
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	98090	112
Petarasite ()*	None	Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O	1	98090	6
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	98090	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	98090	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	98099	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	98069,98090,98092,98093,98110,98113	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	6	98089,98090,98091,98092,98093,98110	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	2	98064,98090	444
Steacyite ()*	Steacyite	K_0.3(Na,Ca)₂ThSi₈O₂₀	2	98090,98093	8
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	98088,98105,98106,98121	2045
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	98090	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	98090,98093	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	98090	2562
Turkestanite ()*	Steacyite	(K, )(Ca,Na)₂ThSi₈O₂₀·nH₂O	1	98090	9
Vlasovite ()*	None	Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁	1	98090	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	98088,98090,98091,98093,98110	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	1	98090	140

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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