Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Terra Das Freiras Quarry, Santiago Do Escoural, Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 309398
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309398.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Terra Das Freiras Quarry, Santiago Do Escoural, Montemor-o-Novo, Évora, Portugal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°32'52"N
Longitude: 8°8'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.547777777778,-8.1458333333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Diaspore	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Diaspore Epidote Mica None Pyrite
Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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