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Tetrahedrite Subgroup from
Aparis Mine, Barrancos, Barrancos, Beja, Portugal


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Cu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Comments:Amílcar Mário de Jesus - Minerais de Portugal Continental "Com. dos Serv. Geol. de Portugal" Tomo XVI.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tetrahedrite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Aparis Mine, Barrancos, Barrancos, Beja, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:220833
Long-form Identifier:1:3:220833:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Tetrahedrite Subgroup
8.3km (5.1 miles) ⓘMinancos Mine, Barrancos, Barrancos, Beja, Portugal
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘSan Telmo Mine, El Cerro de Andévalo, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
43.3km (26.9 miles) ⓘAguas Teñidas Mine, Almonaster la Real, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
57.4km (35.7 miles) ⓘSotiel Mine, Sotiel-Coronada mines, Calañas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
58.7km (36.5 miles) ⓘFilón Norte open pit (Filón Norte Mine), Tharsis Mines, Tharsis, Alosno, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘAlgares Mine, Portel, Portel, Évora, Portugal
64.0km (39.8 miles) ⓘHerdade da Ventosa Mine, Nossa Senhora das Neves, Beja, Beja, Portugal
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘRio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
65.8km (40.9 miles) ⓘBugalho Mine, Alandroal-Nossa Senhora da Conceição - São Brás dos Matos-Mina do Bugalho e Juromenha-Nossa Senhora do Loreto, Alandroal, Évora, Portugal
66.3km (41.2 miles) ⓘMasa Valverde Mine (Valverde Mine), Beas, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
References
Amílcar Mário de Jesus - Minerais de Portugal Continental "Com. dos Serv. Geol. de Portugal" Tomo XVI.
Oliveira, Daniel P. S. de, Silva, Teresa P., Morais, Igor, Fernandes, João A. E. (2025) Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Waste from Abandoned Copper and Manganese Mines in the Iberian Pyrite Belt, Portugal: A First Step Towards the Waste-to-Value Recycling Process. Minerals, 15 (1). doi:10.3390/min15010058
 
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