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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Benquerença, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugali
Regional Level Types
BenquerençaCivil Parish
PenamacorMunicipality
Castelo BrancoDistrict
PortugalCountry

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Neighbouring regions:
Penamacor, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Casteleiro, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal
Vale da Senhora da Póvoa, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Três Povos, Fundão, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Meimoa, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Type:
Civil Parish
Mindat Locality ID:
263231
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:263231:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
German:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Distrikt Castelo Branco, Portugal
Portuguese:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Russian:
Бенкеренса, Пенамакор, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалия
Spanish:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Distrito de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Asturian:
Benquerença
Cebuano:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Distrito de Castelo Branco
Dutch:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бенкеренса
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Benquerença, Penamacor, Castelo Branco Koān
Ukrainian:
Бенкеренса, Пенамакор, Каштелу-Бранку, Португалія


Parish of Penamacor municipality.

Mining concession no. 694 Serra da Lagoa e Galiota (W), registered on 27-03-1916.

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Mineral List

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

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

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Wikidata ID:Q818144
GeoNames ID:8011732

Localities in this Region

Portugal

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