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:
Monsanto, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal

mindat Locality ID: 249169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monsanto, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fonte Do Casal Pelado Mine
Fonte Monsantela Mine
Granite
Ribeiro Das Cantarinhas No. 1 Mine

Latitude: 40°2'37"N
Longitude: 7°7'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.043611111111,-7.1227777777778

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	Childrenite	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

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 Fe H K Mn O P Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Childrenite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Strengite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	98831	1310
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	98829,98830,98831,98832	5171
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	98831	93
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	98831	128
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	98831	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	98831	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	98831	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	98829,98830,98831	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	98831	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	98831	1516
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	98831	263

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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