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Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Palmeira de Faro e CurvosCivil Parish
EsposendeMunicipality
BragaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Geological setting of the Faro mine's

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
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My puppy (Caled Pupie) in the mine entrance.on the western flank of the hill.

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
02489050017272323585909.jpg
Geological setting of the Faro mine's

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
04961420017272323589034.jpg
My puppy (Caled Pupie) in the mine entrance.on the western flank of the hill.

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
02489050017272323585909.jpg
Geological setting of the Faro mine's

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
04961420017272323589034.jpg
My puppy (Caled Pupie) in the mine entrance.on the western flank of the hill.

Minas do Faro, Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Neighbouring regions:
Esposende, Marinhas e Gandra, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Vila Cova e Feitos, Barcelos, Braga, Portugal
Palme, Barcelos, Braga, Portugal
Gemeses, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Vila Chã, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Type:
Civil Parish
Mindat Locality ID:
249541
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249541:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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Portuguese:
Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga, Portugal
Asturian:
Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Distritu de Braga
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Palmeira de Faro e Curvos, Esposende, Braga Koān


Parish of Esposende municipality. Due to an administrative mergerheld in Jan 2013 a new and bigger parish was formed "União das Freguesias de Palmeira de Faro e Curvos").

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS

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Wikidata ID:Q18480482
GeoNames ID:8014751

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Portugal

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