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:
Portalegre, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 47119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Portalegre, Portugal": 80
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alter Do Chão
Arronches
Avis
Campo Maior
Castelo De Vide
Crato
Elvas
Fronteira
Gavião
Marvão
Monforte
Nisa
Ponte De Sôr
Portalegre
Sousel

Latitude: 39°14'10"N
Longitude: 7°34'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.236111111111,-7.5711111111111

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphuranylite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metauranocircite-I ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphuranylite ()*	Phurcalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sabugalite ()*
Saléeite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	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: Ag Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phosphuranylite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Vesuvianite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99860	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	99811	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	99811,99832,99860,99861	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	99860,99861,99864	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	99859	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9	99833,99835,99840,99841,99855,99856,99857,99871,99873	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	4	99828,99874,99876,99881	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	99840,99841,99843,99847	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	99825,99829,99830	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	99823,99832	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	99812,99860,99861	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	99840,99841,99871,99873	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	99843	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	99822,99833,99835	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	99815,99816,99821,99822,99825,99829,99830,99840,99841,99845,99865,99881	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	99821	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	99881	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	99858,99859	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	99812,99838,99860	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	99832	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	99811	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	99815,99816,99817,99822,99825,99829,99830,99843,99845,99860,99863,99866	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	99860,99881,99884	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	99815,99821,99822,99860	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	99840,99841	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	9	99821,99822,99833,99835,99855,99856,99857,99860,99861	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	99821,99822,99840,99841,99843,99847,99881	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	99881	443
Metauranocircite-I ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	99881	38
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	99861,99862	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	99823,99832,99869	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3	99823,99860,99884	2994
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	2	99876,99881	182
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	1	99874	20
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	99812,99815,99821,99822,99825,99829,99830,99832,99833,99835,99840,99855,99856,99857,99866,99871,99873,99876,99881	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	99821,99822	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	33	99811,99815,99816,99817,99822,99823,99824,99825,99829,99830,99832,99833,99835,99840,99841,99843,99845,99847,99852,99853,99855,99856,99857,99860,99861,99862,99863,99864,99865,99866,99869,99871,99873	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	99860	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99811	375
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	3	99828,99876,99881	87
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	2	99876,99881	95
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	99841	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	99823,99832,99861,99869	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	99815	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	99821,99822,99825,99829,99830,99840,99841,99866,99881	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	6	99828,99833,99835,99874,99876,99881	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	99874,99876,99881	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	2	99828,99881	89
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	99860,99861	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	99811	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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