Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Muro Alto Mine, Anjos, Vieira Do Minho, Braga, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 262955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muro Alto Mine, Anjos, Vieira Do Minho, Braga, Portugal": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eastern Pegmatite
Western Pegmatite

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Microcline ()*
Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*	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 B Be F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	98411,98412	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	1	98412	244
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	98412	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	98411,98412	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	98411	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	98412	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	98411	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	98411	520
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	98412	445
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	98411,98412	4924
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	1	98412	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	98411,98412	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	98411	326
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	98411,98412	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	98411	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	98412	688
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	98412	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	98411	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	98411	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	98411	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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