Palhal Mine, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro District, Portugal

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The old nickel and copper mines of Palhal and Telhadela are located near Albergaria-a-Velha town, District of Aveiro.
The article of Marques de Sá & Leal Gomes (2010) reviews the mineralogy of these mines (numerous species having recently been discovered, based on an exhaustive sampling on the dumps).

Discovered in 1744 (?). Last mine works in 1889.

References

- J. Marques de Sá & C. Leal Gomes (2010): LES MINES DE CUIVRE ET NICKEL DE PALHAL ET TELHADELA, PORTUGAL. Le Regne Mineral, nº92, xx-xx.

Mineral List

Aikinite Alloclasite Anglesite Ankerite Annabergite Antlerite Apjohnite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Asbolane 'Asphaltum' Aurichalcite Azurite Bieberite Bornite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Carminite Carrboydite Cerussite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chrysocolla 'Chrysoprase'

Clinoclase Copper Coquimbite Cornwallite Covellite Cubanite Cuprocopiapite Delafossite Devilline Digenite Dolomite Dravite Dwornikite Enargite Erythrite Ferricopiapite Fletcherite Gahnite Galena Gersdorffite Glaucophane Greenockite Gunningite Gypsum Halotrichite Heterogenite Hörnesite Hydrohetaerolite

Hydrozincite Isoclasite Jamborite Köttigite Kurumsakite Langite Lavendulan Linarite Löllingite Mackinawite Mäkinenite Malachite Manganberzeliite Marcasite Melanterite Miargyrite Miharaite Mimetite Montmorillonite Morenosite Népouite Nickeline Nickelskutterudite var: Chloanthite Nowackiite Olivenite Opal var: Opal-AN Orickite

Parasymplesite Pentlandite Pharmacolite Pitticite Plumbojarosite Posnjakite Pyrite Pyromorphite Pyrrhotite Quartz Römerite Scorodite Segnitite Serpierite Siderite Skutterudite var: Smaltite Smolianinovite Spangolite Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Talc Tennantite Tenorite Tschermigite Wittichenite

111 entries listed. 104 valid minerals.