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Adão, Guarda, Guarda, Portugali
Regional Level Types
AdãoCivil Parish
GuardaMunicipality
GuardaMunicipality
PortugalCountry

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Marmeleiro, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
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Santana da Azinha, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
Vila Fernando, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
Vila do Touro, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
Type:
Civil Parish
Mindat Locality ID:
262112
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:262112:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Adão, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
German:
Adão, Guarda, Distrikt Guarda, Portugal
Portuguese:
Adão, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
Russian:
Адан, Гуарда, Гуарда, Португалия
Spanish:
Adão, Guarda, Distrito de Guarda, Portugal
Asturian:
Adão, Guarda, Distritu de Guarda
Cebuano:
Adão, Guarda, Distrito da Guarda
Dutch:
Adão, Guarda , Guarda, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Адан
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Adão, Guarda, Guarda Koān


Parish of Guarda municipality.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
2972 Porto (Sn-Ti), registered on 20-01-1955
2247 Bochinhas (Sn), registered on 03-04-1947
1073 Picotas (Sn), registered on 18-01-1922
1074 Sorda (Sn), registered on 18-01-1922
Old parish of Guarda municipality. Merged in 2013 with Adão parish.

Mining concession no. 543 "Fonte do Seixo" (W-Sn), registered on 02-01-1911.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
ⓘ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ 'Tantalite'
Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
ⓘ 'Wolframite Group'

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
ⓘArsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Unclassified
ⓘ'Tantalite'-(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Sⓘ PyriteFeS2
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
MnManganese
Mnⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
FeIron
Feⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Feⓘ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feⓘ PyriteFeS2
Feⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
AsArsenic
Asⓘ ArsenopyriteFeAsS
NbNiobium
Nbⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
TaTantalum
Taⓘ Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

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Wikidata ID:Q32652
GeoNames ID:8012128

Localities in this Region

Portugal

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References

Bello, A. de Oliveira, 1910, Minéraux Portugais - Bulletin de la Société Portugaise des Sciences Naturelles, Vol IV, fasc. 2, Livraria Ferin, Lisboa.
Bello, A. de Oliveira, 1913, Minéraux Portugais - Bulletin de la Société Portugaise des Sciences Naturelles, Vol VI, fasc. 2, Livraria Ferin, Lisboa
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