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:
Leiria, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 49293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leiria, Portugal": 130
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 78

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Alcobaça
Alvaiázere
Ansião
Batalha
Bombarral
Caldas Da Rainha
Castanheira De Pêra
Figueiró Dos Vinhos
Leiria
Marinha Grande
Nazaré
Óbidos
Pedrógão Grande
Peniche
Pombal
Porto De Mós

Latitude: 39°41'11"N
Longitude: 8°48'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.686388888889,-8.8058333333333

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite
Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Talc Titanite Zircon

44 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	2	99616,99636	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	99616,99628,99636,99648	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	99556	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	99611,99618,99652	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	99594,99595	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	99616	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	99633	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	99638	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	99648	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	99543,99549,99551,99552,99554,99556,99562,99567,99568,99569,99583,99586,99594,99595,99596,99610,99616,99623,99626,99635,99636,99654,99664	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	99636	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	99616	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	99636	1756
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	4	99543,99560,99561,99625	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	99551,99552,99562,99568,99595,99635,99636	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	99635,99636	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99616	129
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	99616	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	99543,99562	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	99620,99645,99646	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	11	99543,99613,99614,99616,99623,99625,99630,99635,99636,99640,99652	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	9	99598,99611,99618,99625,99630,99639,99642,99651,99652	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99628	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	99543,99572,99574,99578,99579,99581,99604,99616,99625,99628,99635,99636	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	99616,99635,99636	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99616	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	99556,99616,99628,99636	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	99636,99638	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99648	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	99633	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	4	99576,99589,99630,99641	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99628	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	99616,99628,99636	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	1	99616	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	99543,99562,99592,99595,99596,99614,99616,99623,99625,99630,99635,99636	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	99616	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	99543,99551,99562,99572,99574,99578,99579,99581,99592,99594,99601,99616,99626,99628,99635,99636,99648,99668	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	99616,99636	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	99648	1516
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	99543,99560	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	99594	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	99616,99626,99628,99636	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	99636	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	99648	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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