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Locality Name:
Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 46930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Covão Quarry
Southwestern Quarry
Vela Nordeste Quarry

Latitude: 40°26'51"N
Longitude: 7°17'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.4475,-7.295
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 Be Ca F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArthuriteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteHureauliteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPhosphosideriteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileStewartiteStrunziteTopaz

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Bermanite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Frondelite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Stewartite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1993718803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F199371244
Bermanite  (*)ArthuriteMn2+Mn3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O19937355
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2299372,99373606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O199373280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21993735171
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F299371,993732740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21993719617
Frondelite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Mn2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)519937352
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O199373125
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1993714924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)219937217380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O199373182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2399371,99372,9937361156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5199373206
Stewartite  (*)StewartiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O19937348
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O199373263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O19937398
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6299371,99373211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2299371,993731476


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