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Alfena, Valongo, Porto, Portugali
Regional Level Types
AlfenaCivil Parish
ValongoMunicipality
PortoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Alfena15,211 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
255331
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:255331:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Alfena, Valongo, Porto, Portugal
German:
Alfena, Valongo, Distrikt Porto, Portugal
Portuguese:
Alfena, Valongo, Porto, Portugal
Russian:
Алфена, Валонгу, Порту, Португалия
Simplified Chinese:
阿尔费纳, 瓦隆古, 波爾圖區, 葡萄牙
Spanish:
Alfena, Valongo, Distrito de Oporto, Portugal
Asturian:
Alfena, Valongo, Distritu de Porto
Cebuano:
Alfena, Valongo, Distrito do Porto
Dutch:
Alfena, Valongo, Porto, Portugal
Farsi/Persian:
الفنا, والونگو, پرتغال
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Алфена, Валонгу
Malay:
Alfena, Daerah Porto
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Alfena, Valongo, Porto Koān
Turkish:
Alfena, Valongo, Portekiz


Parish of Valongo municipality.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
2089 Cabeda no. 1 (Fe), registered on 23-05-1944
1317 Capela de Joaquim da Cunha (coal-anthracite), registered on 16-04-1923
3 Vale de Aches e Ribeiro da Igreja (Sb), registered on 23-03-1839

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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10 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Kermesite2.FD.05Sb2S2O
Heteromorphite2.HC.10cPb7Sb8S19
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Valentinite4.CB.55Sb2O3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Cervantite4.DE.30Sb3+Sb5+O4
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
CCarbon
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O KermesiteSb2S2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O ValentiniteSb2O3
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
S KermesiteSb2S2O
S PyriteFeS2
S StibniteSb2S3
S SulphurS8
FeIron
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
SbAntimony
Sb CervantiteSb3+Sb5+O4
Sb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19
Sb KermesiteSb2S2O
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb ValentiniteSb2O3
PbLead
Pb HeteromorphitePb7Sb8S19

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfena
Wikidata ID:Q1971893
GeoNames ID:8012898

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