Vote for your favorite mineral in #MinCup26! - Quartz vs. Asagiite
It's a classic vs a newbie as the most common named mineral in the crust Quartz is up against an exceedingly-rare sea foam-green mineral discovered just a few years ago Asagiite.
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Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Vila Nova de GaiaMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Vila Nova de Gaia70,811 (2018)
Canidelo26,431 (2018)
Oliveira do Douro24,407 (2018)
Vilar de Andorinho18,944 (2018)
Vilar do Paraíso14,727 (2012)
Arcozelo14,352 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
249707
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:249707:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
German:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Italian:
Vila Nova de Gaia, distretto di Porto, Portogallo
Portuguese:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Вила-Нова-ди-Гая, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
加亚新城, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Arabic:
فيلا نوا دغايا, بورتو, البرتغال
Aragonese:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Destrito de Porto
Asturian:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Distritu de Porto
Basque:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto
Belarusian:
Віла-Нова-ды-Гая, акруга Порту, Партугалія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Віла-Нова-дзі-Гая
Bulgarian:
Вила Нова ди Гая, Порту, Португалия
Catalan:
Vila Nova de Gaia, districte de Porto, Portugal
Cebuano:
Vila Nova de Gaia , Distrito do Porto
Cornish:
Vila Nova de Gaia
Czech:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugalsko
Danish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Dutch:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
Farsi/Persian:
ویلا نوا دگایا, پرتغال
Finnish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porton piiri, Portugali
Galician:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Distrito do Porto, Portugal
Georgian:
ვილა-ნოვა-დე-გაია
Greek:
Βίλα Νόβα ντε Γκάια, Πορτογαλία
Hebrew:
וילה נובה דה גאיה, פורטוגל
Hungarian:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugália
Icelandic:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portúgal
Ido:
Vila Nova de Gaia
Japanese:
ヴィラ・ノヴァ・デ・ガイア, ポルト県, ポルトガル
Korean:
빌라노바드가이아, 포르투, 포르투갈
Latin:
Cale, Portus Cale
Lezghian:
Вила-Нова-ди-Гая
Lithuanian:
Vila Nova de Gaja, Portugalija
Macedonian:
Вила Нова де Гала, Порто, Португалија
Mazanderani:
ویلا نوا دگایا
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto Koān
Mirandese:
Bila Nuoba de Gaia, Çtrito de l Porto
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Vila Nova de Gaia
Occitan:
Vila Nova de Gaia
Polish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugalia
Romanian:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Districtul Porto, Portugalia
Serbian:
Вила Нова де Гаја, Порто, Португалија
Slovak:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugalsko
Swahili:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Ureno
Swedish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
Tatar:
Вила-Нова-де-Гая
Thai:
วีลานอวาดึไกยา, โปรตุเกส
Traditional Chinese:
加亞新城, 波圖區
Turkish:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portekiz
Ukrainian:
Віла-Нова-ді-Гайя, Порту, Португалія
Vietnamese:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Bồ Đào Nha
Volapük:
Vila Nova de Gaia
Waray:
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto
Western Punjabi:
ولا نووا دی گائیا, ضلع پورتو


Municipality of Porto district.

Mining concession no. 214 "Fonte da Quinta do Guardal de Cima" (Mo-W) Vilar de Paraiso parish, registered on 25-06-1888.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
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
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe PyriteFeS2
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vila_Nova_de_Gaia
Wikidata ID:Q191135
GeoNames ID:8010592

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