Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Seixo Amarelo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 46931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seixo Amarelo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alvarrões Mine

Latitude: 40°26'5"N
Longitude: 7°20'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.434722222222,-7.3347222222222

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Elbaite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Petalite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*
Torbernite ()*	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 As Au B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au F Fe H Li O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Beryl Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

22 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)	1	99365	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	0		244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	99365	1272
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	99365	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	99365	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	99365	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	99365	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	99365	289
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	99365	520
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	99365	2740
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	0		200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99365	17380
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	0		124
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	99365	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	99365	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	99365	1059
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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