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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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Apatite from
Regoufe Mines, Covelo de Paivó, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:Ca5(PO4)3A
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Apatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Regoufe Mines, Covelo de Paivó, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:530398
Long-form Identifier:1:3:530398:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Apatite
12.8km (8.0 miles) ⓘCastanheira, Albergaria da Serra, Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal
20.6km (12.8 miles) ⓘBejanca Mine (Carvalhal do Estanho), Queirã, Vouzela, Viseu, Portugal
23.0km (14.3 miles) ⓘTerramonte Mine, Raiva, Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal
26.4km (16.4 miles) ⓘVermilhas No. 1 Mine, U.F Cambra e Carvalhal de Vermilhas, Vouzela, Viseu, Portugal
42.9km (26.7 miles) ⓘAssunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal
43.9km (27.3 miles) ⓘPestarenga Mine, Quinta da Madalena, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal
44.6km (27.7 miles) ⓘVenturinha, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal
45.0km (28.0 miles) ⓘCubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal
45.1km (28.0 miles) ⓘNossa Senhora da Esperança quarry, Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal
48.1km (29.9 miles) ⓘCompanheiro No. 2 quarry, U.F Romãs Decermilo e Vila Longa, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal
References
Rui Nunes April 2008 - in Percurso na Geologia de Arouca - C.M.A.
Rui Nunes Abril 2008: paragénese do granito e dos filões de Sn-W das minas de Regoufe tal como foi definida na tese de doutoramento de Slujk (1963)
Almeida, Hender De, Maria Cristina Gomes Marques, Helena Sant’Ovaia, Rui Moura, and Jorge Espinha Marques. (2023) "Environmental Impact Assessment of the Subsurface in a Former W-Sn Mine: Integration of Geophysical Methodologies" Minerals 13, no. 1: 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13010055
Sant’Ovaia, Helena, Cláudia Cruz, Alexandra Guedes, Helena Ribeiro, Patrícia Santos, Sónia Pereira, Jorge Espinha Marques, Maria dos Anjos Ribeiro, Catarina Mansilha, Helena Cristina Brites Martins, Bruno Valentim, Joana Torres, Ilda Abreu, Fernando Noronha, and Deolinda Flores. (2023) "Contamination Fingerprints in an Inactive W (Sn) Mine: The Regoufe Mine Study Case (Northern Portugal)" Minerals 13, no. 4: 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13040497
 
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