| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Leucophosphite |
| Formula: | KFe23+(PO4)2(OH) · 2H2O |
| Comments: | Quantitative microprobe analysis of leucophosphite: P 14.48, Mg 0.28, Ca 0.17, Mn 0.86, Fe" 26.78, K 9.59, O 41.85, Sum 94.01 %. |
| Colour: | yellowish-white |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Phosphosiderite | ⓘ2 photos of Leucophosphite associated with Phosphosiderite at this locality. |
| Beraunite | ⓘ1 photo of Leucophosphite associated with Beraunite at this locality. |
| Frondelite | ⓘ1 photo of Leucophosphite associated with Frondelite at this locality. |
| Carlhintzeite | 1 photo of Leucophosphite associated with Carlhintzeite at this locality. |
| Strengite | ⓘ1 photo of Leucophosphite associated with Strengite at this locality. |
| Bermanite | ⓘ1 photo of Leucophosphite associated with Bermanite at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Leucophosphite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Sítio do Castelo Mine, Folgosinho, Gouveia, Guarda, Portugal |
| Photo Gallery | View Gallery (6 photos) |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 154518 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:154518:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bd73981d-a263-4c5b-9042-c0538569f72b |
| Nearest other occurrences of Leucophosphite |
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| 17.6km (11.0 miles) | ⓘCorvaceira quarry, Castelo de Penalva, Penalva do Castelo, Viseu, Portugal |
| 23.3km (14.5 miles) | ⓘCubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 25.5km (15.9 miles) | ⓘRegada, Cubos-Mesquitela-Mangualde area, Mangualde (Mesquitela e Cunha Alta), Mangualde, Viseu, Portugal |
| 26.2km (16.3 miles) | ⓘBendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal |
| 36.1km (22.4 miles) | ⓘAssunção Mine, Aldeia Nova, Ferreira de Aves, Sátão, Viseu, Portugal |
| 93.2km (57.9 miles) | ⓘLa Paloma Mine, Zarza la Mayor, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain |
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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 |  | 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...by phosphophyllite and minor apatite. At Sitio do Castelo, zincostrunzite occurs as prisms up to 2 mm long...{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