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Locality Name:
Penalva Do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal


mindat Locality ID: 53238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penalva Do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Antas
Castelo De Penalva
Esmolfe
Germil
Real
Sezures

Latitude: 40°40'18"N
Longitude: 7°39'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.671666666667,-7.6513888888889
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 As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Si Sn U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRockbridgeite
RutileTitaniteTourmalineTriplite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Isokite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3100700,100704,1007068803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3100700,100703,1007069052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O2100686,1007061272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23100700,100702,100703606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O188100681,100698,100700,100702,100703,100704,100705,1007064286
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611007001633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22100700,1007055171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22100700,10070327198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1100700551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O1100703345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11007002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211007009617
Isokite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(PO4)F110070622
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411007065591
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1100700443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11007064924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23100702,100703,1007065800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23100683,100700,10070617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3100700,100704,1007062349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1100704326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22100703,10070639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27100683,100700,100702,100703,100704,100705,10070661156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)51100706206
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11007002705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11007061153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11007036417
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O4100686,100700,100702,1007031059
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F2100700,100702233


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