Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferreira Do Alentejo, Beja, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 59417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferreira Do Alentejo, Beja, Portugal": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alvalade Licence Area
Ferreira Do Alentejo
Odivelas
Peroguarda

Latitude: 38°6'23"N
Longitude: 8°10'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.106388888889,-8.1694444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rutile	Spinel	Wollastonite

Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rutile Spinel Wollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	98241	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	98240,98241,98246	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	98241,98244	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	98240,98243,98244	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	98243,98244	5433
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	98243,98244	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	98243,98244	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	98241	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	98240,98243	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	98240	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	98240,98241,98243,98246	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	98240	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	98240	969
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	98243	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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