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:
Monforte, Portalegre, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 65294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monforte, Portalegre, Portugal": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Monforte

Latitude: 39°3'11"N
Longitude: 7°26'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.053055555556,-7.4386111111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline Vesuvianite

18 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	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	99861	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	99861,99864	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	99861	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	99865	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	99863,99866	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	99861	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	99861,99862	4924
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	99866	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	99861,99862,99863,99864,99865,99866	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	99861	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	99866	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	99861	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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