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Amoreira, Óbidos, Leiria, Portugali
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Parish of Óbidos municipality.

Some old/inactive peat occurrences exploited by "Companhia Industrial Portuguesa".
Mining concessions:
No. 1594 Brejos no. 2, registered on 12-03-1927
No. 1595 Brejos no. 5, registered on 12-03-1927
No. 1596 Brejos no. 6, registered on 12-03-1927
No. 1597 Rego Travesso, registered on 12-03-1927

Inactive limestone quarry "Pereiral" (DGEG ref. 2274).

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Ocorrências de Turfa
Camadas de turfa quase horizontais, de fraca extensão, 6 m de possança e ocorrentes nos vales afluentes do Rio Real que se situam na parte ocidental do vale tifónico de Óbidos.
Areias Plio-plistocénicas. Tufos calcários de Olho Marinho. Aluviões.
Plio-plistocénico. Quaternário.
In LNEG

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Boletim de Minas, Lisboa, 14 (4), Out/Dez 1977
Manifesto mineiro registado: No. 1 - Em 29 de Dezembro, por António da Silva Nora: hematite no sítio de Valebenfeito, freguesia de Amoreira; o ponto de partida é o centro geométrico do edifício onde está instalada a azenha pertencente a Marcelino Lopes dos Santos.

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ⓘ Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

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Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘKaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
Oⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
AlAluminium
Alⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
SiSilicon
Siⓘ KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4

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Portugal

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