Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boal, Asturias, Spain

mindat Locality ID: 55402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boal, Asturias, Spain": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cova De Lebredo
Doiras
Gumio
Penouta Mines
Villar De San Pedro

Latitude: 43°25'59"N
Longitude: 6°49'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.433055555556,-6.8325

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scheelite ()*

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 Be Ca F Fe H K O S Si Sn W

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Clay Columbite Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	4	108537,108538,108539,108541	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	108536,108540	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	108540	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	108540	5171
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	108536	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	108540	9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	108540	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	108540	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	108540	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	108536,108540	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	108540	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	108540	4894

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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