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Amber from
Portela da Vila fossil site, Santa Maria - São Pedro e Matacães, Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Portugal


Locality type:Formation
Classification
Species:'Amber' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amber data
Locality Data:Click here to view Portela da Vila fossil site, Santa Maria - São Pedro e Matacães, Torres Vedras, Lisbon, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1883640
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1883640:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Amber
48.5km (30.2 miles) ⓘSão João do Estoril, Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘSão Pedro do Estoril Beach, Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
49.2km (30.5 miles) ⓘBafureira Beach, Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon, Portugal
References
Santos, Thairine Lima dos; Mendes, Mário Miguel; Dinis, Pedro Alexandre; Callapez, Pedro Miguel; Cunha, Pedro Proença e; André, Ilunga Tshibango; Albuquerque, Magaly Girão; Siqueira, Celeste Yara dos Santos (2026) Amber from the Lower Cretaceous of Lugar d’Além Formation, Lusitanian Basin, Western Portugal: Chemical Composition and Botanical Source. Geosciences, 16 (1). doi:10.3390/geosciences16010024
 
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