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It's a showdown with rare earth elemental ore Monazite-(Ce) and index mineral Andalusite.
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Andalusite from
Serra D'Arga, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal


Classification
Species:Andalusite
Formula:Al2(SiO4)O
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Corundum1
- var Sapphire1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Andalusite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Serra D'Arga, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:731794
Long-form Identifier:1:3:731794:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite
2.3km (1.4 miles) Serra de Arga, Montaria, Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
7.4km (4.6 miles) Cerdeirinha Mine, Arga de Baixo, Caminha, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
8.6km (5.4 miles) Cabanas Mine, Arcozelo, Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
31.7km (19.7 miles) Monte do Castelo da Pena Mine, Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago), Ponte da Barca, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
31.8km (19.8 miles) Mata da Galinheira Mine, Vila Chã (São João Baptista e Santiago), Ponte da Barca, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
40.1km (24.9 miles) Ribeira de Sendão Mine, Cibões e Brufe, Terras de Bouro, Braga, Portugal
70.3km (43.7 miles) Tapada da Bemposta No.1 Mine, Seixoso Mining Field, Borba de Godim, Vila Cova da Lixa e Borba de Godim, Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal
76.2km (47.4 miles) Castromil Mines, Castromil, Sobreira, Paredes, Porto, Portugal
78.6km (48.8 miles) Vieiros Mines, Rebordelo, Amarante, Porto, Portugal
80.8km (50.2 miles) Aldeia LCT pegmatite dykes, Canedo, Ribeira de Pena, Vila Real, Portugal
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