| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | 'Apatite' (not an IMA approved species) |
| Formula: | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Strunzite | ⓘ2 photos of Apatite associated with Strunzite at this locality. |
| Rockbridgeite | ⓘ1 photo of Apatite associated with Rockbridgeite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Apatite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (3 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 563742 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:563742:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | c2d31491-9bd2-4792-9485-9780888cc4c6 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Apatite |
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| 9.5km (5.9 miles) | ⓘRoto-Bote quarry, Vila Franca da Serra, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
| 16.0km (9.9 miles) | ⓘBom Sucesso No. 4 quarry, Tavares (Chãs; Várzea e Travanca), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 16.3km (10.1 miles) | ⓘVila Seca Mine, Vila Seca, Tavares (Chãs; Várzea e Travanca), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 17.8km (11.0 miles) | ⓘGonçalo Sul C 70 Mine, Gonçalo, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| 18.5km (11.5 miles) | ⓘVela Sudoeste quarry, Vela, Guarda, Guarda, Portugal |
| 21.8km (13.5 miles) | ⓘNossa Senhora da Esperança quarry, Quintela de Azurara, Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘCubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 25.6km (15.9 miles) | ⓘVenturinha, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 25.9km (16.1 miles) | ⓘCompanheiro No. 2 quarry, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 26.0km (16.2 miles) | ⓘCompanheiro No. 3 quarry, Sezures, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
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 | Kampf, Anthony R., Grey, Ian E., Alves, Pedro, Mills, Stuart J., Nash, Barbara P., MaCrae, Colin M., Keck, Erich (2017) Zincostrunzite, ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6.5H2O, a new mineral from the Sitio do Castelo mine, Portugal, and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (2) 315-322 doi:10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2593 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6.5H2O, a new mineral from the Sitio do Castelo mine, Portugal, and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Germany...Sitio do Castelo tungsten mine in Portugal and the Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite in Germany. At Sitio do Castelo...replaced by phosphophyllite and minor apatite. At Sitio do Castelo, zincostrunzite occurs as prisms up...{1 2 0}. Zincostrunzite crystals from Sitio do Castelo are light brownish yellow; those from Hagendorf-Süd...hardness is about 2½. The measured density (Sitio do Castelo) is 2.66(1) g cm3. At room temperature, the |
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Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal