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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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Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugali
Regional Level Types
Santa CombaCivil Parish
Vila Nova de Foz CôaMunicipality
GuardaDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Almendra, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Longroiva, Mêda, Guarda, Portugal
Chas, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo, Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
Cidadelhe, Pinhel, Guarda, Portugal
Barreira, Mêda, Guarda, Portugal
Type:
Civil Parish
Mindat Locality ID:
262543
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:262543:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
German:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distrikt Guarda, Portugal
Portuguese:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Russian:
Санта-Комба, Вила-Нова-ди-Фош-Коа, Гуарда, Португалия
Spanish:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distrito de Guarda, Portugal
Asturian:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Distritu de Guarda
Cebuano:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa , Distrito da Guarda
Dutch:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Санта-Комба
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda Koān
Turkish:
Santa Comba, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portekiz


Parish of Vila Nova de Foz Côa municipality.

Registered mining concessions (up to 1962):
2750 Lamega (Sn-W), registered on 03-07-1951
2708 Fraga que Toca (W), registered on 12-12-1950
2709 Fonte Nova (W), registered on 12-12-1950
416 Vale das Fontes (W), registered on 31-10-1906

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3 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘCassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
SnTin
Snⓘ CassiteriteSnO2
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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Wikidata ID:Q628762
GeoNames ID:8012301

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Portugal

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