| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Andalusite |
| Formula: | Al2(SiO4)O |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Quartz | ⓘ1 photo of Andalusite associated with Quartz at this locality. |
| Spinel Subgroup | ⓘ1 photo of Andalusite associated with Spinel Subgroup at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Andalusite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (7 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 674822 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:674822:7 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 9b6a0a8b-98d9-4eaf-8bdb-e26c5182b6e0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Andalusite |
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| 62.6km (38.9 miles) | ⓘGranite, União de Freguesias de Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| 76.4km (47.5 miles) | ⓘMizarela, Albergaria da Serra, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal |
| 85.0km (52.8 miles) | ⓘMoncorvo Mining Field, Torre de Moncorvo, Torre de Moncorvo, Bragança, Portugal |
| 88.5km (55.0 miles) | ⓘSegura Mines (Segura mining field), União de Freg de Segura e Zebreira, Idanha-a-Nova, Castelo Branco, Portugal |
| 99.4km (61.8 miles) | ⓘVieiros Mines, Rebordelo, Amarante, Porto, Portugal |
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 | Tvrdý, J, Sejkora, J, Rosseel, P, Dolníček, Z (2021) Ferraioloite from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), description and Raman spectroscopy. Journal of GEOsciences, 66 (3) 139-146 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | paper Ferraioloite from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), description and Raman spectroscopy...identified in samples from the Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal). It occurs as sky-blue,...Mills et al. (2016) from the Foote Lithium Company mine, Kings Mountain district (North Carolina, USA),...secondary phosphates from Sítio do Castelo mine, Folgosinho (Guarda, Portugal), a mineral phase corresponding...Occurrence The Sítio do Castelo mine is located in the Serra da Estrela National Park in central Portugal, in the |
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Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal